[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - August 1, 2012

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
August 1, 2012

o Layers in Flammarion Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027059_2055

  A high resolution image can see minute details that will enable 
  us to start to catalog different types of layers and to discover 
  under what conditions they are produced.

o Nested Craters	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027610_2205

  We can use craters like this to tell us something about what lies 
  below the surface. What could be causing the change in strength in the 
  subsurface?

o A Crater North of Coprates Chasma	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027775_1675

  This image shows a fresh impact crater about 2 kilometers across. How 
  do we know it is fresh?

o Dunes on the Move	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027864_2295

  HiRISE has been carrying out a dedicated survey of sand dunes on Mars, 
  determining whether and how fast the dunes move by observing repeatedly 
  at intervals of Martian years.

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.