[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - January 4, 2012

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
January 4, 2012

o Small Floral-Shaped Volcano on Cerberus Fossae	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_024378_1880

  This smaller feature has a single vent, aligned along a 
  Cerberus Fossae trough, and it has flows radiating away 
  from this vent in all directions.

o Field of Transverse Aeolian Ridges in Proctor Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_024449_1320

  Transverse Aeolian Ridges (or TARs) are small aeolian bedforms 
  that are distinct from typical dunes or ripples.

o Lava Flow Oozing into a Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_024587_1465

  By studying how lava reacts to obstacles and to variation in 
  slope, scientists may be able to learn about the thickness, 
  stickiness, and strength of the ancient lava flow.

o What is This Stuff?	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_024886_1765

  A puzzling ridged texture was first seen in an image from the 
  Context Camera on MRO, leading to this suggestion for a HiRISE image.

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.