[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - June 1, 2011
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Jun 1 21:00:52 EDT 2011
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
June 1, 2011
o Syria Planum Terrain
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022212_1650
Syria Planum is a broad plateau, forming part of the Tharsis region,
which is home to the largest volcanos in the Solar System.
o Eberswalde Crater Color Image of Possible MSL Landing Site
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022236_1560
CRISM has detected clays in this region, which on Earth are formed
in the presence of water. Evidence for a watery Martian past?
o The Dunes of Lobo Vallis
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022250_2065
In such a complex topographic environment, winds could be funneled
above the threshold for sand movement.
o Hematite in Capri Chasma
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022276_1670
The plains here are similar to those seen at Meridiani Planum and
suggest that hematite-rich particles are concentrating on the upper soils.
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.
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