[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: March 4, 2015

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 16:39:52 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201503060039.t260dqLo011978_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
March 4, 2015

o Dunes in Western Medusae Fossae Formation
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039240_1730

  The dark dunes in the western Medusae Fossae formation
  provide some evidence of having a local origin.

o A Possible Landing Site for the 2020 Mission: Jezero Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039348_1985

  This is one of the trickier aspects of selecting landing sites
  on Mars: a place to do good science but also where the risks of
  landing are low.

o Craters Near Nilokeras Scopulus
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039432_2115

  Are these craters, or could these be very large pits?

o Sand Avalanches in Meroe Patera
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039955_1875

  This image was acquired as part of a series to look for sand
  movement in Meroe Patera, not far from the active sand dunes of
  Nili Patera.

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 05 Mar 2015 07:39:52 PM PST