HiRISE: The BeautifulMars Podcast (Audio)
Learning about the Red Planet with captioned images from HiRISE, the most powerful camera ever sent to another planet, on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO/NASA).
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
October 2019: A Martian Game Board
A collection of dunes on Mars might look artificial or like pieces on a game board, but in fact, they are quite natural formations. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:40 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
September 2019: Mars Underground Exposed
The most habitable places on Mars now and in the past are underground, where water is or was much more stable than at the surface. (Narration: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:04 |
Thu 19 Sep 2019
September 2019: Avalanche Season
When spring comes to Mars, the sunlight will work on icy layers and things start to fall. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:23 |
Fri 06 Sep 2019
June 2019: Enterprising Mars
An interesting natural formation on the Red Planet might look to us like a very famous logo. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:37 |
Fri 14 Jun 2019
May 2019: Resistant Lava
Sometimes when it comes to lava, resistance is *not* futile. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:02:27 |
Fri 17 May 2019
Apr 19, 2019: Abstract Art
The surface of Mars is often so beautiful that it looks like abstract art. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:02:18 |
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Apr 5, 2019: Dramatic Changes
The South Pole of Mars often features some very dramatic changes that we can track over the years. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:03 |
Fri 05 Apr 2019
March 22, 2019: Tales in Layers
The complexity of gully formation and the stories we can find in layers of bedrock. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:02:30 |
Fri 22 Mar 2019
March 2019: Lovely Brain Terrain
It's one of the most mysterious features on Mars, known as "brain terrain." (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:02:49 |
Fri 15 Mar 2019
February 22, 2019: Let's Just Follow the Tracks
Dust devils are common on Mars, but they dare not cross the southern polar layered deposits. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:25 |
Fri 22 Feb 2019
February 8, 2019: When Layers Tell Stories
Four new images that tell us how layers and wind can tell a story about a planet. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:02:38 |
Fri 08 Feb 2019
January 2019: Starting Out with a Bang
A new impact crater helps start out our first podcast for 2019. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:18 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
October 19, 2018: Lava Flows Can't Keep a Land Mass Down
A bright, rectangular mesa stands tall in Amazonis Planitia. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:03:07 |
Fri 19 Oct 2018
October 5, 2018: Mars in Blue Velvet
An enhanced color image brings out Mars' inner Roy Orbison. (Audio: Tre Gibbs)
00:04:11 |
Fri 05 Oct 2018
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