[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: April 16, 2014

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:17:04 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201404170017.s3H0H4gb027579_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
April 16, 2014

o A Surprise Landslump in Melas Chasma
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035028_1685

  In one of our most recent images of this site, there was
  a surprise a new dark streak just down slope from recurring
  slope lineae.

o Equatorial Gullies on Mars
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035945_1755

  Although gullies are most common in the middle latitudes of
  Mars, they are also found in equatorial regions.

o A Big Block of Red Bedrock
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035998_1555

  These blocks could be ejecta from the ancient Hellas impact or
  other large impacts from billions of years ago.

o Curiosity Ready to Drill for Gold at the Kimberley
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/releases/msl-kimberley.php

  This new image of the Curiosity (MSL) shows the rover approaching
  one of many geologically young scarps that are of interest to scientists.


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 16 Apr 2014 08:17:04 PM PDT