Michael C. Malin (born 1950) is an American astronomer, space scientist, and CEO of Malin Space Science Systems. His cameras have been important scientific instruments in the exploration of Mars. (wikipedia)
The test images show that both cameras will meet or exceed their performance requirements once they're in the low-altitude science orbit.
Over the course of the season we'll see these spots merge and all of the frost will dissipate,
Why is Mars warmer today that it was in the past, we really have no way of knowing why.
Despite ground fog that obscures part of the surface in these images, we can see much more surface detail than we've ever seen before, which suggests that the 75-degree south latitude landing zone is quite a bit more rugged and geologically diverse than we had previously thought.
Mars was very cold and dry, ... All the features we are seeing reinforce that view, that's it's cold and dry today.
Mars is an active planet, and over a range of timescales changes occur, even in the surface.
It is possible they were set in motion by strong wind or by a 'Mars quake,'
These are new landforms that have never been seen before on Mars. We see features that look like gullies formed by flowing water and the deposits of soil and rocks transported by these flows.
These are new landforms that have never been seen before on Mars, ... We see features that look like gullies formed by flowing water and the deposits of soil and rocks transported by these flows.
This set of photos shows the diversity of things we've been seeing on Mars during the last several months,
