Search for the Mars Polar Lander in New HiRISE Images

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We had an enthusiastic response to an

article we ran in July

about searching through images from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to help find the ill-fated Mars Polar Lander. Now, Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society Blog has

sent out an alert

that a dozen more images are available from the

big release of images from HiRISE

for additional searches for MPL, including the image above. See this page from the HiRISE site for a links to all the images. On this page, you'll find an overview of the Mars Polar Lander, its disappearance, the search to find it, and why they want to find it. Emily also has a lengthy post with tips and instructions on how to search for particular objects in the HiRISE images. If you think you have found something of interest, post a comment on this page of the HiRISE Blog, or use

this form

to contact the HiRISE team. The

UnmannedSpaceflight website has a thread discussing

the search (serious searchers only).

Ok, phew, I think that's all the links you'll need! Let me know if I missed something....