See the 100,000th photo of Mars taken by NASA's groundbreaking Red Planet orbiter

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured its 100,000th photograph of Mars using its HiRISE camera, averaging about 14 images daily since beginning operations in March 2006. Approaching its 20th year of service, the spacecraft continues documenting Martian surface changes to understand planetary forces and determine if Mars was once a water-rich world like Earth. The orbiter recently demonstrated its versatility by photographing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from 19 million miles away, confirming its natural comet characteristics.