Public Suggestions for Mars Camera (HIRISE)

HIRISE is the most powerful space telescope in the solar system, outside of Earth orbit, and is taking pictures of the Martian surface from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), and you can have a say in its output!

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter / NASA

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter / NASA

The HIRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) project page, hosted by the University of Arizona also accepts public suggestions for future use of the HIRISE camera. Head over to the link below, you can create an account and offer input for the next regions of Mars the camera will image.

HiWish: Public Suggestion Page

You can help HiRISE decide what places on Mars we'll photograph next! To suggest a new target, first create an account using this web site. When you have completed registration, login and begin creating new suggestions. You can also browse the targets already in our database, including those for past HiRISE images.

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