[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: June 4, 2014

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:25:51 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201406041925.s54JPp16015513_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
June 4, 2014

o An Alluvial Fan in a Low-Latitude Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028799_1565

  On Mars, alluvial fans are sometimes visible in impact crater
  basins, as material from the steep rims is transported radially
  inward to the relatively flat floor.

o Touring a Dusty Region
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034259_2040
 
  As well as confirming a new impact, this image also showed other
  features commonly found in dusty areas: slope streaks and bed-forms.

o The Draa of Mars
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034909_1755

  Dune ripples are the smallest bed forms and can only be observed in
  high-resolution images acquired by HiRISE, and are commonly
  superposed on many surfaces.

o A Large Crater in Meridiani Planum
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_036397_1785

  This crater is located in Meridiani Planum, about 20-kilometers
  northwest of where the Opportunity rover landed in 2004.

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 04 Jun 2014 03:25:51 PM PDT