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

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:34:29 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201407162134.s6GLYTZd004247_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
July 16, 2014

o Ridges in Eridania Basin
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_036654_1490

  Eridania Basin has mounting geomorphic and spectral evidence that it may have
  been the site of an ancient inland sea.

o The Icy Surface of the North Polar Cap
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_036867_2655

  At Mars' North Pole is a dome of icy layers ranging up to 2 kilometers thick,
  roughly analogous to the Earth's ice caps in Greenland or Antarctica.

o Ancient Lake Sediments in a Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_037122_2165

  Our observation shows layered deposits, some with polygonal patterns, as might
  be expected from lake sediments.

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 Jul 2014 05:34:29 PM PDT