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New Hi-Res Color Images of Mars Released

Source: National Geographic

These 5 striking images are among 143 high-resolution color images of Mars released yesterday by NASA. These are the first color images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Mars Reconaissance Orbiter Hi-Res Photos of Surface Now in Astounding Color

Source: hirise.lpl.arizona.edu

Current featured photo:Deposits visible in this image are over three billion years old, dating back to a wetter period of Martian history.The Hi-Rise camera on the MRO has been sending back amazing images of the surface of Mars, but until recently most of them have been posted on …

Microsoft pictures a 10-gigapixel photo

Source: ZDNet

Forget megapixels, where the resolution of digital images is counted in millions of pixels. Michael Cohen, a scientist at Microsoft Research, is trying to create a photo this summer that will contain 10 billion pixels.