What is
the HiRISE Public Image Suggestion website?
Welcome to the HiRISE Public
Image Suggestion site! The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) is
flying on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. HiRISE is a camera that will take
photos from all over the surface of Mars, at a much higher resolution than any
previous orbiting camera.
This site allows you to
help choose where these photos are taken.
Anyone can make suggestions- this is the People's Camera! Because the photos taken by HiRISE are
so detailed (see
these photos of the Grand Canyon to better understand the resolution of photos
taken by this camera), only a small fraction of the planet will be
imaged. So it is very important
that you provide a good scientific reason for wanting to take a photo of a
specific location. When you
provide your scientific reason for wanting to take a photo of a location, you
will also give it a priority rating and select a scientific specialty theme. The best locations will be selected,
photos will be taken, and they will be available for anyone to view on the
web.
How do
you use the HiRISE Public Image Suggestion website?
There are many decisions
that have to be made when selecting a site to photograph, and this tutorial
will help you through it. We have a "Fast and Easy Image Suggestion
Tutorial" and the "Advanced Image Suggestion Tutorial." There will be links throughout both of
these documents to additional information or definitions if you want to learn
more. Click on any underlined word to open the page with this information. There are also links on the Image
Suggestion webpage with pop-ups about specific terms. Begin by going to
HiWeb, HiRISE's Image Suggestion Facility.
Select which tutorial you
want to use: Fast and Easy Image Suggestion Tutorial OR Advanced Image
Suggestion Tutorial Alternatively, you can just
jump to more information about a particular page by going directly to one of
the topics below: Main Map Page, selecting a region on Mars Zooming in on a specific feature on Mars Viewing Image Suggestions made by others Logging in as a user/Registration After you have submitted an image
suggestion, you can always go back and modify your suggestion until it has been
targeted by HiRISE. Go here to
find out more.