[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - September 5, 2012

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
September 5, 2012

o Stratigraphy in Crommelin Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_017343_1850

  Crommelin Crater in northwest Meridiani Planum is a large 
  structure which contains light-toned material with layered 
  and stepped buttes.

o Sediments inside Aram Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_027998_1825

  Aram Chaos is characterized by chaotic terrains overlain by 
  approximately 900 meters of sediments within the 280 kilometer 
  diameter Aram Crater.

o Lava Flow Front in Elysium Planitia	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028004_1825

  This rough lava is surrounded by smoother lava with abundant 
  inflation features.

o Bits and Pieces...	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028269_1755

  Curiosity's sky crane impact disturbed bright dust, revealing 
  the darker rocky substrate.

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.