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Mars: 4th planet from the Sun
Distance from Sun: 228mio km.
Diameter: 6.794km.
Surface-pressure: 0,001atm.
Atm composition: 99% CO
Temp: -100ºC to +20ºC
Moons: Phobos & Deimos

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Detailed Martian scenes in new images from Mars Orbiter
Thursday, 10 June 2010 00:32
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600 recent observations of the Mars landscape from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been released.

The images taken from the orbiting telescopic camera include scenes of sinuous gullies, geometrical ridges and steep cliffs.

Each of the 600 newly released observations from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers an area of several square miles on Mars and reveals details as small as desks. They cover a diversity of landscapes on Mars, including scenes with sinuous gullies, geometrical ridges, steep cliffs, lava flows and many other features.

The HiRISE images taken from April 5 to May 6, 2010, are now available on NASA's Planetary Data System and the camera team's website.