[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - September 30, 2015

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201509302105.t8UL53CQ017671_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
September 30, 2015

o Aeolian Features of Scandia Cavi
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_017426_2570

  Winds likely blew from the northeast resulting in elongate
  dunes with an asymmetric downwind point.

o The Ares 3 Landing Site: Where Science Fact Meets Fiction
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_041277_2115

  Andy Weir, the author of "The Martian" had requested that we
  take a picture of the Ares 3 landing site from his novel in
  Acidalia Planitia, within driving distance from the Pathfinder
  lander and Sojourner rover.

o From Ares 3 to Ares 4
  ihttp://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042014_1760

  Our image of a site in "The Martian" shows a flat region that is
  entirely mantled by bright dust.

o All Along the Fractures
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042223_1890

  Within the spaces between the dunes, a resistant and highly fractured
  surface is revealed.

o Western Edge of Marth Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042252_1930

  This HiRISE image shows the nature of terrain that serves as a dramatic
  background for a scene in "The Martian."

o Nested Channels near Hellas
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042433_1535

  We're not sure if this channel-inside-a-channel was carved by flowing
  water or lava.

o Dynamic Mars
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042572_2640

  This scarp at the edge of the North Polar layered deposits of Mars is the
  site of the most frequent frost avalanches seen by HiRISE.

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 30 Sep 2015 05:05:03 PM PDT