[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - June 1, 2011

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 18:00:52 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201106020100.p5210quL007045_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
June 1, 2011

o Syria Planum Terrain
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022212_1650

  Syria Planum is a broad plateau, forming part of the Tharsis region,
  which is home to the largest volcanos in the Solar System.

o Eberswalde Crater Color Image of Possible MSL Landing Site
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022236_1560

  CRISM has detected clays in this region, which on Earth are formed
  in the presence of water. Evidence for a watery Martian past?

o The Dunes of Lobo Vallis
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022250_2065
 
  In such a complex topographic environment, winds could be funneled
  above the threshold for sand movement.

o Hematite in Capri Chasma
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022276_1670

  The plains here are similar to those seen at Meridiani Planum and
  suggest that hematite-rich particles are concentrating on the upper soils.

        
All of the HiRISE images are archived here:

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/

Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is
online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is
managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division
of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA
Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed
Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor
and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the
University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies
Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument.
Received on Wed 01 Jun 2011 09:00:52 PM PDT