Fractured Blocks on a Crater Floor
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 13 SEPTEMBER 2025
Fractured Blocks on a Crater Floor

This crater in Xanthe Terra is filled with material deposited by wind or water after the crater formed.



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.

Glacier-like Features on Mars
It’s somewhat of a mystery why these features have flowed so much when they are so thin, the ice is so cold, and Martian gravity is so low.