Where on Mars is Kaiser Crater?

This image marks the location of Kaiser Crater, a large crater in Mars’s ancient Noachis Terra.

A large dotted square highlights the area of Mars featured in new images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA’s Mars Express, released in July 2026. The two smaller boxes within mark the precise patch of surface shown in the images, captured by Mars Express on 5 October 2025 (orbit 27461). The elevation of the surface, shown by the bright colours marking the surface of Mars, is indicated by the scale to the bottom-right.

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[Image description: A full globe of Mars shown against a black background, coloured in blues, greens, yellows, and reds to show surface variation. Thin white outlines and boxes mark specific locations on the surface, giving the image a mapped, diagram-like appearance.]