HiRISE: Jezero Crater, possible 2020 rover site

ESP_039348_1985It’s not only when trying to find a scientifically interesting place to land that the high-resolution images from HiRISE come in handy: it’s also to identify potential hazards within a landing ellipse. This is one of the trickier aspects of selecting landing sites on Mars: a place to do good science but also where the risks of landing are low. Jezero Crater is an ancient crater where clay minerals have been detected, and with a delta deposit indicating that water was once flowing into a lake… [More at link]

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