[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: March 26, 2014

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:14:38 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201403271714.s2RHEcBX014104_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
March 26, 2014

o A Dark-Toned, Pitted Mound in a Crater in Northeast Arabia Terra
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034970_2040

  This fascinating observation shows us a dark-toned mound with pits
  inside an impact crater. Are these pits the result of sublimation?

o A Large, Banded Angular Fragment in Nili Fossae
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035062_1995

  HiRISE images of similar fragments nearby also show this banding,
  and the resolution of our camera may help determine what these layers are.

o An Unusual Mound
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035078_2185

  With its cracked, blistery appearance, this mound near the center of a
  very large crater poses an interesting question: how did this form?

o Bedrock in a Trough in Asimov Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035777_1320

  The crater appears to have been completely filled by a thick sequence of
  materials, perhaps including sediments and lava flows.

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 27 Mar 2014 01:14:38 PM PDT