[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - September 26, 2012

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
September 26, 2012

o Getting Luki	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028368_1500

  The central region of this crater consists of uplifted 
  ancient bedrock with a great variety of rock types.

o Enigmatic Pits and Rises in Noctis Labyrinthus	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028410_1710

  All these features are indicative of the crust of Mars 
  having been pulled apart, exposing the deep interior of the planet.

o Topography of a Flood Carved Channel	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028473_1840

  By examining the walls in such detail, we hope to understand the 
  process by which the channel was carved.

o A Pedestal Crater in the Northern Mid-Latitudes	 
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028598_2230

  Pedestal craters are particularly interesting because some ice may 
  still be present in the mesa, protected by the ejecta surface.

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.