[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - April 3, 2013

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:42:29 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201304031942.r33JgTA0004263_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
April 3, 2013

o Dark Rays and Light-Tones
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_012560_1660

  This image shows a relatively youthful crater with dark rayed
  ejecta and a light-toned zone that extends beyond that ejecta.

o Sinuous Ridge in Gale Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_030814_1750

  This scene covers a region of the floor of Gale Crater to the
  east of where Curiosity landed, providing needed regional geologic
  context.

o Erosion of Steep Scarp of the South Polar Layered Deposits
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031078_1080

  This image shows spectacular erosion of a steep scarp in the icy
  layered deposits on the South Pole of Mars.

o Colorful Bedrock on the Floor of an Impact Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031099_1355

  There are layers of rock with different colors (from different minerals)
  exposed in places where the dark reddish wind-blown drifts have been removed.

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 03 Apr 2013 03:42:29 PM PDT