<p>You <strong>can</strong> do it, I will leave you to decide whether you should... As an experiment, I downloaded the <code>mrox_3374</code> subdirectory of files and the result came out to 3.7 GB. Assuming the other 99 "volumes"/directories are the same, this multiplies out to 370 GB.</p>

<p>I downloaded these data using <code>wget</code> which is a standard utility on Unix/Linux and Mac computers. It is also available for Windows systems; this <a href="https://builtvisible.com/download-your-website-with-wget/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wget for Windows 10 tutorial</a> should be of some help in getting it installed and going.</p>

<p>Once this is installed you can do:</p>

<pre><code>wget -np -nH -c --cut-dirs 4 -r https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mro/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/ctx/mrox_3374/
</code></pre>

<p>The key flags are <code>-r</code> which means recurse into directories, <code>-np</code> which means don't ascend to the parent directory (to stop it sucking down the entire website), <code>-c</code> which will continue the transfer if it fails and you restart the <code>wget</code> and the <code>--cut-dirs 4</code> which cuts 4 levels of the directories off the recursive download (the <code>data/mro/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/ctx</code> parts)</p>

<p>If you <strong>really, really</strong> want to suck down the whole thing you <em>could</em> do:</p>

<pre><code>wget -np -nH -c --cut-dirs 3 -r https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mro/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/ctx/
</code></pre>

<p>and that should grab everything.</p>

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Success! I needed only one volume. Window 10 ( or may be my work place firewall) created some some hiccups. It would tell in the middle of execution that "wget has stopped working" . I started the program 4 times  and thanks to wget robustness each time it started where it had left. (got volume 3448, 1.83GB).
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I use these datasets.  CTX has a data volume of >10TB, while MARCI is closer to around 1TB (significant rounding involved in these numbers).  That is just the real data - the .IMG files.  Add to that all the preview/browse data and you need more space.  As of PDS release 51, CTX has around 106,000 .IMG files, and MARCI is the same to within 1000-2000.
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<p>There are several files. I think that they all needs to downloaded to have the complete dataset. Is there a particularly good way to download them all in one shot?</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/mro/release50.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/mro/release50.html</a></li>
</ul>

<p>The page shows over 100 individual icons, one for each volume.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ZQZxV.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ZQZxV.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<mars><data-analysis><nasa>
How can I download all of this JPL MRO imaging data at once?
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# How can I download all of this JPL MRO imaging data at once?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-21)

There are several files. I think that they all needs to downloaded to have the complete dataset. Is there a particularly good way to download them all in one shot?

* <https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/mro/release50.html>

The page shows over 100 individual icons, one for each volume.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ZQZxV.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ZQZxV.png)

**Tags:** mars, data-analysis, nasa


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You **can** do it, I will leave you to decide whether you should... As an experiment, I downloaded the `mrox_3374` subdirectory of files and the result came out to 3.7 GB. Assuming the other 99 "volumes"/directories are the same, this multiplies out to 370 GB.

I downloaded these data using `wget` which is a standard utility on Unix/Linux and Mac computers. It is also available for Windows systems; this [Wget for Windows 10 tutorial](https://builtvisible.com/download-your-website-with-wget/) should be of some help in getting it installed and going.

Once this is installed you can do:

```
wget -np -nH -c --cut-dirs 4 -r https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mro/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/ctx/mrox_3374/

```

The key flags are `-r` which means recurse into directories, `-np` which means don't ascend to the parent directory (to stop it sucking down the entire website), `-c` which will continue the transfer if it fails and you restart the `wget` and the `--cut-dirs 4` which cuts 4 levels of the directories off the recursive download (the `data/mro/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/ctx` parts)

If you **really, really** want to suck down the whole thing you *could* do:

```
wget -np -nH -c --cut-dirs 3 -r https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mro/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/ctx/

```

and that should grab everything.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Success! I needed only one volume. Window 10 ( or may be my work place firewall) created some some hiccups. It would tell in the middle of execution that "wget has stopped working" . I started the program 4 times  and thanks to wget robustness each time it started where it had left. (got volume 3448, 1.83GB).  
> **username_2**: I use these datasets.  CTX has a data volume of >10TB, while MARCI is closer to around 1TB (significant rounding involved in these numbers).  That is just the real data - the .IMG files.  Add to that all the preview/browse data and you need more space.  As of PDS release 51, CTX has around 106,000 .IMG files, and MARCI is the same to within 1000-2000.  

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