[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: July 11, 2012

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:17:03 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201207122217.q6CMH3eq000324_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
July 11, 2012

o Light-Toned and Possible Hydrated Materials in Gullied Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025472_1405

  This observation shows a gullied crater in the Southern mid-latitudes
  with light-toned deposits near the center of its floor.

o Well-Preserved Impact Crater with Ridges
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025557_1705

  Although the rim of this well-preserved crater and its smooth walls
  are very impressive, so is the spectacular collection of ridges draping
  the floor.

o Northern Polar Dune Field
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027378_2540

  These dunes, known as barchan dunes, usually form where there is a
  moderate supply of sand and a prevailing wind direction.

o Polar Cliffs and Falling Blocks
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027451_2635

  There is an ice sheet at the North Pole of Mars that is a few miles thick
  at its center, and at some places it ends in steep cliffs.

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 Thu 12 Jul 2012 06:17:03 PM PDT