BACKGROUND:
The image analyzed here (ESP_089922_9081) was acquired by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) HiRISE Camera on 2 October 2025 and is described as ‘HiRISE Image of Exocomet 3I/ATLAS.’
ANALYSIS:
In this feature I present NASA’s recent “hi-resolution” image release (19 November 2025) of 3I/Atlas photographed by the HiRISE camera onboard the MRO almost two months ago. The image is in fact low resolution and burred, it was also cropped from the larger photograph. It doesn’t show much detail and no stars or galaxies are seen in the background. I was looking forward to a hi-resolution photograph showing the object as well as potential smaller objects occupying the main object.
On 4 October 2025 I presented a sequence of photographs taken by Perseverance Rover on 4 October 2025 of the Martian sky showing around nine small object moving across the sky. I was hoping to see if these are also visible in the HiRISE photograph.
I also present photographs taken of 3I/Atlas by the Perseverance Rover, ExoMars TGO and Tianwen-1.
Following is an upscaled image of the object and three times original size:
MY YOUTUBE VIDEO:
MY ANALYSIS | NASA Releases “Hi-Resolution” Photograph of 3I/Atlas in Recent Press Conference:
ORIGINAL SOURCES:
MRO HiRISE:
https://www.uahirise.org/releases/3i-atlas/
Perseverance Rover:
First photograph of the sequence of twenty:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZR0_1643_0812829871_529EBY_N0790870ZCAM05201_1100LMJ
Last photograph of the sequence of twenty:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZR0_1643_0812830455_519EBY_N0790870ZCAM05201_1100LMJ
OTHER ARTICLES FEATURED:
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/ESA_pinpoints_3I_ATLAS_s_path_with_data_from_Mars
https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n6758838/c10715343/content.html
WHERE IS 3I/ATLAS:
https://theskylive.com/planetarium?obj=c2025n1
IMAGE UPSCALING:
To see more examples of how well this image upscaler works and to read about the technology used please refer to the following web page:
https://www.topazlabs.com/gigapixel
Topaz Labs’ Gigapixel is not the run-of-the-mill free AI image upscaler. It is an expensive piece of sophisticated software used in studios and by professional photographers around the world, even NASA uses Topaz Labs upscaling technology.
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DISCLAIMER:
Many or all of the anomalies/artefacts covered in this presentation may be naturally occurring geological features caused by some type of geological processes, however due to the lack of specific information from the source we can only speculate whether these are all natural or some artificial in nature.
In cases where I say an anomaly looks like something I’m attempting to clarify what I see and not specifically that the anomaly is what I say it looks like.
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