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HiRISE: Entrance to Mawrth Vallis

Posted on March 7, 2017 by rburnham

In Andy Weir’s “The Martian,” stranded astronaut Mark Watney drives from the Ares 3 landing site in Acidalia Planitia towards the Ares 4 landing site in Schiaparelli Crater via Mawrth Vallis. This image covers the entrance to Mawrth Vallis. (Have … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Ares 3 landing site: ‘The Martian’ revisited

Posted on April 17, 2015 by rburnham

We previously released an image near the Ares 3 landing site from [the novel] The Martian by Andy Weir. Andy then sent us the exact coordinates, which we targeted, and this is it. The closeup shows some wind-blown deposits inside … Continue reading →

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