[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - May 18, 2011

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
May 18, 2011

o Possible Mars Landing Site: Layers on East Mound of Terby Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_021797_1520

  This area could be a possible science target for future landed 
  missions, so the power of HiRISE can analyze these layers at the 
  highest resolution possible.  

o Of Swirls and Gullies	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_021899_1095

  Perhaps the most striking aspect of this observation are the 
  beautiful swirls of tracks left by dust devils.

o Detecting Olivine Near Noachis Terra	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_021971_1505

  The crater in this image is unique because it has been very well 
  characterized as being olivine rich, a very common mineral on Earth.

o Banded Terrain in Hellas Planitia	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022312_1400

  The origin of this unique terrain exhibiting complex flow patterns 
  is still under debate.

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.