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Mars Pictures: NASA's Most Extraordinary Images EVER (PHOTOS)

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NASA's HiRISE camera, the most powerful camera ever sent into space, has snapped breathtaking portraits of Mars.

From 'trees' on Mars to an 'organic cemetery,' see the 'Red Planet's' craters, dunes, gullies, and even avalanches in stunning detail in the slideshow below.

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  • Colorful Streaks [in impact crater]

  • Falling Material Kicks Up a Cloud of Dust on Dunes

  • Megabreccia in Toro Crater

  • Frost-Covered Dunes in Crater

  • Starburst Spider

  • Bright Layered Deposits with Clues of Acidic Water

  • Variation in Light-Toned Deposits in a Martian Trough

  • Oblique View of Victoria Crater

  • Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009

  • Sand Dunes and Ripples in Proctor Crater, Mars

  • Periodic Layering in Martian Sedimentary Rocks

  • Jezero Crater

  • Caught in Action Avalanches on North Polar Scarps

  • Candidate Landing Site in NE Syrtis Major

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