You've never seen the Red Planet like this before: spectacular shots of Mars. Fascinating for photography and astronomy enthusiasts alike. German Photo Book Award 2014 in gold.

Since 2006, the largest and most powerful camera ever sent to another planet has been producing high-resolution images from Mars' orbit using a 50-centimetre-diameter reflecting telescope. HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, aims to identify future landing sites for robots. The opulent coffee table book presents the best images from more than 28 000 photographs, some in colour, with precise descriptions and explanatory texts as well as a chronological outline of the scientific discovery and history of the planet. Deep volcanic craters, cones of lava flows, eroded slates, ice formations, stone circles, dunes, mysterious sinkholes and volcanic deposits - never before have there been images of the Red Planet with such uncanny detail and sublime aesthetics that make you believe a designer was at work.