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HiRISE: The BeautifulMars Podcast (Video)

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Learning about the Red Planet with captioned images from HiRISE, the most powerful camera ever sent to another planet, on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO/NASA).
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A collection of dunes on Mars might look artificial or like pieces on a game board, but in fact, they are quite natural formations. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
The most habitable places on Mars now and in the past are underground, where water is or was much more stable than at the surface. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
When spring comes to Mars, the sunlight will work on icy layers and things start to fall. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
An interesting natural formation on the Red Planet might look to us like a very famous logo. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
Sometimes when it comes to lava, resistance is *not* futile. Plus, we see some beautiful frost-covered dunes. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
The surface of Mars is often so beautiful that it looks like abstract art. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
The South Pole of Mars often features some very dramatic changes that we can track over the years. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
The complexity of gully formation and the stories we can find in layers of bedrock. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
It's one of the most mysterious features on Mars, known as "brain terrain." (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
Dust devils are common on Mars, but they dare not cross the southern polar layered deposits. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
Geological layers can tell us a great deal about the ancient past of a planet's surface. Explore more with four new captioned images from HiRISE. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
A new impact crater helps start out our first podcast for 2019. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
A bright, rectangular mesa stands tall in Amazonis Planitia. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
An enhanced color image brings out Mars’ inner Roy Orbison. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
Hanging dunes are a real thing on Mars, and not hard to count. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
Dust avalanches create slope streaks that expose darker materials usually hidden below a layer of light-toned dust. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
Spiders, clays and figure 8 craters on the Red Planet. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
Why yes, there are avalanches that happen on the Red Planet. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
A small impact can leave a long streak. Plus, could the Martian underground be habitable in the future? (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
Patches of snow hide from a relentless sun, and Hale Crater shows off some colorful bedrock. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
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