Photos: New camera brings Mars closer

In addition to the high-resolution camera, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also contains a mineral-identifying spectrometer, a ground-penetrating radar, a context camera for photographing wide areas of the surface, a wide-angle color imager for monitoring the entire planet daily, and an instrument for mapping and monitoring water vapor and other particles in the atmosphere.

Left is an image of Mars' north polar layered deposits taken by HiRise.

Photo by NASA/JPL/UA