[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: May 6, 2015

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 10:47:03 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201505061747.t46Hl3oQ023729_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
May 6, 2015

o Slope Streaks on a Dusty Planet
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040386_1915

  The dark streaks on the slopes are locations where the dust has
  slumped downhill revealing a less dusty surface underneath.

o On the Beauty of Yardangs
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040504_1920

  The long, straight ridges form on Mars (and Earth) when the wind
  strips away the inter-ridge material.

o Warm-Season Flows in Cold-Season Ravines
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040590_1335

  Ravines (or very large gullies) are actively forming on Mars during
  the coldest times of year, when carbon dioxide frost aids mass wasting.

o Darn Dust!
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040645_1240

  While we had planned to take an image of sinuous ridges, dust clouds had
  other things in mind.

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 06 May 2015 01:47:03 PM PDT