[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - August 1, 2012

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 16:00:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201208012300.q71N0PWn005917_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
August 1, 2012

o Layers in Flammarion Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027059_2055

  A high resolution image can see minute details that will enable
  us to start to catalog different types of layers and to discover
  under what conditions they are produced.

o Nested Craters
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027610_2205

  We can use craters like this to tell us something about what lies
  below the surface. What could be causing the change in strength in the
  subsurface?

o A Crater North of Coprates Chasma
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027775_1675

  This image shows a fresh impact crater about 2 kilometers across. How
  do we know it is fresh?

o Dunes on the Move
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027864_2295

  HiRISE has been carrying out a dedicated survey of sand dunes on Mars,
  determining whether and how fast the dunes move by observing repeatedly
  at intervals of Martian years.

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 Aug 2012 07:00:25 PM PDT