Thousands of new images snapped over the past few months by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probe have just been unveiled.

It’s a treat for those of you who, like me, could spend a happy half-hour just goggling at the beauty of these geological forms, while marvelling at the technical achievement of photographing them and beaming them back to Earth.

Here’s a couple to get you going: ‘Possible Evaporites Near Fan in Coprates Region’ (left) and ‘Crater with Light-Toned Floor and Ejecta Material Near Iani Chaos’ (right).

The rest are here.

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona