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Browse our latest press releases and spectacular views of the Martian surface and other planets and moons.
The overview map shows the locations of all press releases on the Martian surface. With only one mouse-click you can go to your favorite product. The press archive contains an index of scenes and orbits released since 2003.
Press Releases
Once a month we present high resolution color images, stereo images (anaglyphs), digital terrain models, 3D landscapes and virtual flights over the Martian surface.
Current releases 2025
Idaeus Fossae
Dec 3, 2025 – Rare “Butterfly” Pattern spotted on Mars
Coloe Fossae
Nov 12, 2025 – What a Martian Ice Age Left Behind
Flight around Xanthe Terra
Oct 1, 2025 – Special PR #1 2025
Acheron Fossae
Aug 6, 2025 – Exploring the Western Edge of the Graben System
Arcadia Planitia
Jun 26, 2025 – Whirling Dust Devils in Colorful Martian Lowlands
Deuteronilus Cavus
May 21, 2025 – A Modified Impact Crater Shaped by Wind, Water and Ice
Acheron Fossae
Apr 9, 2025 – Glaciers and volcanos in a giant graben system
Image Credits
Idaeus Fossae
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Coloe Fossae
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Xanthe Terra
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin & NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Acheron Fossae West
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Arcadia Planitia
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Deuteronilus Cavus
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Acheron Fossae
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2024
Australe Scopuli
Dec 18, 2024 - Martian Christmas Greetings from the South Pole
Flight around Ares Vallis
Nov 20, 2024 - Special PR #2
Australe Scopuli
Oct 9, 2024 - Fans and Patterned Ground
Caralis Chaos
07.08.2024 - At the Shores of Lake Eridania
Aganippe Fossa
03.07.2024 - Where Ice and Water flow
Nili Fossae Animation
29.05.2024 - Nili Fossae Animation - Special PR # 1
Angustus Labyrinthus
24.04.2024 - Ice Spiders in Inca City
Orbit 25000
27.03.2024 - Picture Perfect
Olympia Planum
28.02.2024 - Dunes, Layers and a Wall of Ice
Noctis Labyrinthus Mosaic
24.01.2024 - The Truth Lies in the Details
Image Credits
Australe Scopuli
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Ares Vallis Animation
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin & NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Australe_slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Caralis Chaos
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Aganippe Fossa
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Nili Fossae Animation
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Ice Spiders in Inca City
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Orbit 25000 - Picture Perfect
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Olympia Planum
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Noctis Labyrinthus Mosaic
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2023
Noctis Labyrinthus Animation
Oct 11, 2023 - Special PR #2 2023
Lycus Sulci
Aug 23, 2023 - The wrinkled aureole of Olympus Mons
Mawrth Vallis Outflow Channel
Jul 19, 2023 - The Clays of Mawrth Revisited
Mars in color as never seen before
Jun 2, 2023 - 20th anniversary of Mars Express
Ascraeus Mons South Flank
May 10, 2023 - The Art of Ascraeus
Jezero Crater Animation
Mar 21, 2023 - Flight around Jezero Crater
Nectaris Fossae & Protva Valles
Jan 31, 2023 - at the flanks of volcanic highland plateau
Image Credits
Noctis Labyrinthus Animation
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Lycus Sulci
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Mawrth Vallis Revisited
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
20 Years HRSC
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/G. Michael
Ascraeus Mons
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Flight around Jezero Crater
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Nectaris Fossae
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2022
Ultimi Scopuli
Dec 22, 2022 - Swirling Christmas Craterscape
Northwest of Hellas
Nov 30, 2022 - Mare Serpentis Snake Pit
Southeast of Pickering Crater
Oct 26, 2022 - complex history in one shot
Phobos, Deimos and the Galilean Moons
Oct 13, 2022 - Rendezvous of Moons as seen by Europe’s Mars camera HRSC
Holden Basin
Aug 31, 2022 - chaotic floor mystery
Ius and Tithonium Chasma
Jul 20, 2022 - unequal siblings
Aonia Terra
Jun 8, 2022 - colorful Mars
Tantalus Fossae
Apr 28, 2022 - tantalizing tectonics
Utopia Planitia
Mar 30, 2022 - the frozen beauty
The Medusae Fossae at Eumenides Dorsum
Feb 23, 2022 - wind at work
Jovis Tholus Volcano
Jan 26, 2022 - sunken in a lava sea
Image Credits
Ultimi Scopuli
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Northwest of Hellas
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Southeast of Pickering Crater
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Deimos & Jupiter Occultation
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Holden Basin
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Ius and Tithonium Chasma
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Aonia Terra
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Tantalus Fossae
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Utopia Planitia
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Medusae Fossae
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Jovis Tholus
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2021
Jezero Crater Landing Site
Feb 16, 2021 Mars 2020 landing site
The landing of Perseverance - NASA's Mars Rover
Feb 18, 2021 NASA rover lands in Jezero Crater
Image Credits
Mars 2020 landing side Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Mars 2020 landing side Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2020
Dark Angel
Dec 17, 2020 Dark Angel – big heart – Mars is ready for christmas
Pyrrhae Regio
Nov 19, 2020 Birth of chaos – craters and collapses in Pyrrhae Regio
East of le Verrier
Oct 29, 2020 Crater triplets east of Le Verrier on Mars
Topographic Map of Jezero Crater
Sep 29, 2020 First topographic map of jezero crater – Mars2020 landing site
Nereidum Montes
Sept 3, 2020 Nereidum Montes – Mountain range on Mars show off
Jezero Crater Animation
July 29, 2020 Flight over the Jezero Crater– NASA's Mars 2020 landing site
Korolev Crater Animation
July 2, 2020 Flight over the ice-filled Korolev Crater
North of Labeatis Fossae
May 14, 2020 North of Labeatis Fossae – sculpted by nature
Moreux Crater
March 5, 2020 Mars crater Moreux and its dark dunes
Nilosyrtis Mensae
Feb 13, 2020 Nilosyrtis Mensae – Erosion on a large scale
North Polar Ice Cap of Mars
Jan 13, 2020 Impressive Cloud Formations
Image Credits
Dark Angel Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Pyrrhae-Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Verrier_Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Jezero Crater Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Sumgin Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_jezero
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_korolev
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Labeatis Fossae Slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_moreux
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_nilosyrtis
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_clouds
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2019
Martian moon Phobos
Dec 12, 2019 Opposition and Halo
Deuteronilus Mensae
Nov 21, 2019 Glacial landforms in Deuteronilus Mensae on Mars
Nirgal Vallis
Oct 10, 2019 The Nirgal Vallis river valley on Mars
Marvellous Mars
Sep 19, 2019 From the North Pole to the Southern Highlands
Terra Cimmeria
Aug 8, 2019 Dark meets light on Mars
Aurorae Chaos
June 27, 2019 Aurorae Chaos – catastrophic collapse by water masses?
Lowell Crater
May 16, 2019 The Martian impact crater Lowell
Dust Devils
Mar 28, 2019 Who left the dark tracks on Mars?
East of Huygens
Feb 21, 2019 Signs of ancient flowing water on Mars
Anniversary of HRSC at Mars
Jan 10, 2019 15 Years of Imaging the Red Planet
Image Credits
phobos_slider
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_deuteronilus
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_nirgal
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_totalmars
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_cimmeria
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_aurorae
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Slider Lowell Krater
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_dustdevils
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
slider_east-of-huygens
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
special19_slider
Image Credit: —
Press Archive 2018
Korolev Crater
Dec 20, 2018 Winter wonderland in red and white
North of Nili Fossae
Nov 22, 2018 From hills to valleys – material transport on Mars
Greeley Crater on Mars
Oct 26, 2018 Major crater pays tribute to a leading planetary scientist
Cerberus Fossae
Sep 20, 2018 Recent tectonics on Mars in the Cerberus Fossae
Dust storm season on Mars
Jul 19, 2018 Announcing the 2018 dust storm season on Mars
15 years HRSC on Mars Express
Jun 01, 2018 15 years HRSC on Mars Express – Mars from horizon to horizon
Neukum Crater Animation
May 17, 2018 Flight over Neukum Crater on Mars
Ismenia Patera
Apr 12, 2018 Ismenia Patera – impact crater or supervolcano?
Phobos and Deimos
Mar 01, 2018 New images of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos
Neukum Crater
Jan 18, 2018 Martian crater named after German planetary scientist
Image Credits
Slider-Neukum-Krater-Movie
Image Credit: —
Press Archive 2017
Review of HRSC Images 2017
Dec 18, 2017 Summary of views of the Martian surface
Northern Hemisphere
Dec 14, 2017 Mars upside down
Sirenum Fossae
Nov 16, 2017 Fractured Martian crust in Sirenum Fossae
Aonia Terra
Oct 05, 2017 Diverse dune landscape on desert planet Mars
North of Hellas
Sept 14, 2017 Splashdown! Crashing into mud on Mars
Coracis Fossae
Aug 10, 2017 Varying Martian landscape in Coracis Fossae
Libya Montes
July 13, 2017 Ancient fluvial activity in Libya Montes
Erythraeum Chaos
Jun 08, 2017 Chaos and water on Mars
North Polar Ice Cap Animation
May 11, 2017 Flight over the north polar ice cap of Mars
Terra Sirenum
Apr 06, 2017 Three at one stroke in Terra Sirenum on Mars
Worcester Crater
March 02, 2017 Martian mega-floods at Worcester crater
North Polar Ice Cap
Feb 02, 2017 Clear view of the Mars north polar ice cap
Image Credits
special17_slider
Image Credit: —
slider_north-polar-movie
Image Credit: —
slider_north-polar
Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, NASA MGS MOLA Science Team
Press Archive 2016
Review of HRSC Images 2016
Dec 21, 2016 Summary of views of the Martian surface
Mawrth Vallis Animation
Dec 08, 2016 Flight over Mawrth Vallis
Acheron Fossae
Nov 03, 2016 Acheron Fossae – is it a rift system?
Colles Nili
Oct 13, 2016 Glaciers in Colles Nili
Mission Cassini-Huygens
Sept 15, 2016 Exploration of the Saturnian system: The final year of a long and eventful journey begins
Adamas Labyrinthus
Sept 08, 2016 Big, bigger, giant – A former ocean within Utopia Planitia?
Schiaparelli Animation
Aug 11, 2016 Spotlight on the Schiaparelli landing site
Mawrth Mosaic
Jul 7, 2016 Traces of water in one of the biggest valleys on Mars
Mare Serpentis
Jun 02, 2016 Subsurface ice and rock glaciers in a central pit crater in Noachis Terra
Memnonia Fossae
April 28, 2016 A 'split' crater in Memnonia Fossae
Western Hellas Terraces
March 23, 2016 The icy terraces of the giant Hellas basin
Arda Valles
Feb 18, 2016 Arda Valles – an ancient drainage system on Mars
Noctis Labyrinthus
Jan 28, 2016 Kilometres-deep canyons in the 'Labyrinth of the Night'
Image Credits
special16_slider
Image Credit: —
cassini-slider
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2015
Aeolis Mensae
Dec 12, 2015 Mesas and wind gullies in Aeolis Mensae on Mars
Aurorae Chaos
Nov 19, 2015 Aurorae Chaos – Gigantic chaotic terrain on Mars
South of Minio Vallis
Okt 15, 2015 Minio Vallis - part of the large outflow channel system
Mars South Pole
Sep 09, 2015 Mars southern hemisphere in early summer time
Mission Cassini-Huygens
August 24, 2015 Saturn`s moon Tethys in color shows weird features
Atlantis Chaos Animation
Aug 03, 2015 Chaos in the Atlantis basin
Ascuris Planum
July 09, 2015 Tectonic stress - faults and grabens in Ascuris Planum
Siloe Patera
May 21, 2015 Siloe Patera – a supervolcano on Mars?
Arabia Terra
Apr 23, 2015 Crater Generations in Arabia Terra on Mars
Mars in large format
Apr 14, 2015 Mars in large format
Cydonia Mensae
March 12, 2015 Was the north of Mars once covered by an ocean?
Phlegra Montes
Feb 02, 2015 Phlegra Montes metamorphosed by climate change?
Nili Fossae
Jan 22, 2015 Nili Fossae a large graben system on Mars
Image Credits
mosaic-slider
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2014
Becquerel Crater Animation
Dec 18, 2014 Flight over Becquerel crater
Hellas Chaos
November 27, 2014 Hellas Chaos coverd by frost
Hydraotes Chaos Animation
Oct 16, 2014 Flight over the canyon-area Hydraotes Chaos
Argyre Planitia
Sept 18, 2014 Deep winter in Argyre Planitia
Hellas basin
Aug 18, 2014 Deep deep down in the Hellas basin
Hellespontus Montes
July 10, 2014 Snow, ice and water shaped the landscape of Hellespontus Montes
Cassini-Huygens
Jul 01, 2014 Anniversary: 10 years Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
Atlantis Chaos
Jun 12, 2014 Chaos in the Atlantis basin
Rabe Crater
May 15, 2014 Black dunes on the Red Planet
Osuga Valles
Apr 10, 2014 Osuga Valles - Beauty from Chaos
Mistretta Crater
Mar 06, 2014 Lava at the foot of Mistretta Crater
Claritas Rupes
Feb 13, 2014 Crustal rupture near Claritas Fossae
Kasei Valles Animation
Jan 14, 2014 Ten years ago HRSC took the first 3D color image of Mars
Image Credits
slider-cassini
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/FU Berlin
Press Archive 2013
Juventae Chasma
Dec 12, 2013 Mysterious sulphate mountains in Juventae Chasma
Ismeniae Fossae
Nov 14, 2013 Rolling hills and broad valleys in Ismeniae Fossae
Hebes Chasma
Oct 10, 2013 An eight-thousand-metre mountain with sulphate layers in Hebes Chasma
Becquerel Crater
Sept 05, 2013 A 'radiant' beauty – sulphurous sediments in Becquerel Crater
Tagus Valles
Aug 02, 2013 Scenes from the ‘Middle Ages’ on Mars – Tagus Valles deposits in Hesperia Planum
Olympus Mons
Jul 04, 2013 Lava flows at the foot of Olympus Mons
Sulci Gordii
May 02, 2013 Landslides and lava flows at Olympus Mons
Thaumasia Planum
Apr 11, 2013 Explosive ‘twin’ craters on Mars
Gordii Dorsum
Mar 07, 2013 Wind – a shaping force on Mars
Hesperia Planum
Feb 14, 2013 Fire and ice in the red valley
Upper Reull Vallis
Jan 17, 2013 Glacial transportation of rubble and boulders through Reull Vallis
