The Martian landscape or alien art?
Posted Mon, 11/09/2009 - 16:39 by Wired
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been capturing images of the red planet since 2006, surveying its surface from 187 miles up in a search for evidence that water may once have been sufficiently abundant to support life.
On board the Orbiter is HiRise, a University of Arizona-engineered precision camera that can capture images at 20,000 x 40,000 pixels, with a resolution of less than one metre per pixel. HiRise has been instrumental in supporting the Orbiter's mission, but perhaps just as importantly, it has contributed to an ever-growing collection of alien artworks.
These amazing images are intriguing not just because they provide us with a new understanding of the Martian landscape, they are also beautiful abstract artworks in their own right.See original: The Martian landscape or alien art?
