[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - October 10, 2012

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
October 10, 2012

o Double Depressions or Expanded Craters on the Northern Plains	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028688_2330

  How did these double depressions form? Once idea is that the inner 
  depressions correspond to impact craters, or the floor deposits of 
  impact craters.

o What Is This?	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028689_1180

  What are we looking at here? There are long linear ridges or elevated 
  terrains covered by regular patterns of dark spots.

o Where Curiosity May Roam	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028823_1755

  This observation is part of a series of color strips being acquired by 
  HiRISE to support future traverse planning by the Curiosity rover.

o The Top of Coprates Chasma	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028823_1755

  The colors indicate that diverse rock types are present.

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.