Comments on: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s high resolution camera takes its 100,000 picture

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:57:25 +0000

Richard M,

MRO was a home run. But MRO really should have had at least two progressively more capable descendants join it in orbit by now. MRO is not immortal any more than MAVEN proved to be.

By: Richard M

Richard M — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:09:35 +0000

Most of us give NASA a rough time around here — with good reason — but we have here a reminder of the good science it has been able to deliver in the past. I think it’s fair to say that the science mission directorate hit a home run with Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The imagery it has delivered of the Red Planet will be serving us well for a long time to come.

By: Blobfish

Blobfish — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:03:06 +0000

Thank you Robert. Will do.

By: Blair Ivey

Blair Ivey — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:32:26 +0000

The description of clays formation was informative. Thanks!

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:12:25 +0000

In reply to Blobfish.

Blobfish: Using the lower resolution context camera on MRO this global surface globe of Mars already exists, and is available online for anyone to use:

https://murray-lab.caltech.edu/CTX/V01/SceneView/MurrayLabCTXmosaic.html

I use it all the time in preparing my cool images.

By: Blobfish

Blobfish — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:17:26 +0000

I am imagining using all this high quality imagery and computer aided manufacturing to produce a realistic , 3d surface, globe of Mars. Is this feasible?