[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - May 2, 2012

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
May 2, 2012

o Three Dust Devils	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025985_2160

  There are also bright lines present, representing the tracks of 
  dust devils that have already passed through this region.

o Colorful Uplifted Rocks	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026388_2300

  Central peaks on Mars have some of the most diverse and distinctive 
  rock types.

o Layered Bedrock in Nili Fossae Region	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026570_2025

  The differing colors indicate different rock types of alteration. 
  The darkest patches of ground probably consist of volcanic sand that 
  is trapped in relative low areas.

o A Flow Margin in Phlegra Dorsa	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026738_2080

  The Phlegra Dorsa region consists of ancient hills that have been 
  surrounded and partially buried by flows from the Cerberus Fossae 
  to the south.

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.