Pitted Ridge
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 3 DECEMBER 2024

The Spine of the World

The rationale for this observation describes this feature as “weird pits along a ridge,” that was previously imaged in 2013. The objective is to get more samples of these (formerly icy?) pits and perhaps find some boulders. The scene is in Cydonia Mensae.



HiRISE Instrument News
Since July 23, 2023, HiRISE observations have lacked data from the RED4 CCD due to a hardware issue, creating a gap in the middle of image products and reducing the color swath to 1 CCD width. We are investigating the hardware issue and may be able to acquire some RED4 data in the future.

Circular Sand Dunes
Sand dunes of many shapes and sizes are common on Mars. In this example the dunes are almost perfectly circular, which is unusual.