HiRISE: The BeautifulMars Podcast (Video)

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).

October 2019: A Martian Game Board

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)

10-18
03:56

September 20, 2019: Mars Underground Exposed

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)

09-20
03:16

September 6, 2019: Avalanche Season on Mars

When spring comes to Mars, the sunlight will work on icy layers and things start to fall. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

09-06
03:37

June 2019: Enterprising Mars

An interesting natural formation on the Red Planet might look to us like a very famous logo. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

06-14
03:50

May 2019: Resistant Lava

Sometimes when it comes to lava, resistance is *not* futile. Plus, we see some beautiful frost-covered dunes. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

05-17
02:49

April 19, 2019: Abstract Art

The surface of Mars is often so beautiful that it looks like abstract art. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

04-19
03:00

April 5, 2019: Dramatic Changes

The South Pole of Mars often features some very dramatic changes that we can track over the years. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

04-05
03:20

March 22, 2019: Tales in Martian Layers

The complexity of gully formation and the stories we can find in layers of bedrock. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

03-22
02:52

March 15, 2019: Lovely Brain Terrain of Mars

It's one of the most mysterious features on Mars, known as "brain terrain." (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

03-15
02:55

February 22, 2019: Let's Just Follow the Tracks

Dust devils are common on Mars, but they dare not cross the southern polar layered deposits. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

02-22
03:19

February 8, 2019: When Layers Tell Stories

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)

02-08
03:03

January 2019: Starting Out with a Bang

A new impact crater helps start out our first podcast for 2019. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)

01-25
03:36

October 19, 2018: Lava Flows Can’t Keep a Land Mass Down

A bright, rectangular mesa stands tall in Amazonis Planitia. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

10-19
03:55

October 5, 2018: Mars in Blue Velvet

An enhanced color image brings out Mars’ inner Roy Orbison. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

10-05
04:11

September 7, 2018: At Least They Aren’t Hanging Chads

Hanging dunes are a real thing on Mars, and not hard to count. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

09-07
03:35

July 27, 2018: Welcome to the Dark Side...of Avalanches

Dust avalanches create slope streaks that expose darker materials usually hidden below a layer of light-toned dust. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

07-27
03:56

July 13, 2018: Spiders and Figure 8s

Spiders, clays and figure 8 craters on the Red Planet. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

07-13
03:45

June 29, 2018: Avalanche!

Why yes, there are avalanches that happen on the Red Planet. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

06-29
02:42

June 15, 2018: When Meteroids Strike!

A small impact can leave a long streak. Plus, could the Martian underground be habitable in the future? (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

06-15
02:50

June 1, 2018: About Colorful Bedrock and Patches of Snow

Patches of snow hide from a relentless sun, and Hale Crater shows off some colorful bedrock. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)

06-02
02:12

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