[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - May 1, 2013

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
May 1, 2013

o Olivine-Bearing Dune Fields and Wall Rock in Coprates Chasma 	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023806_1645
  
  Olivine is highly susceptible to weathering by aqueous processes 
  indicating these dunes and the wall debris formed after any such activity.

o Sedimentary Bedrock Diversity in Terby Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031212_1525

  Terby Crater, sitting on the northern rim of Hellas Basin, has been filled 
  by sedimentary deposits, perhaps deposited by or in water.

o Mystery Martian Morphology of the Month	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031268_2115
 
  This image covers many shallow irregular pits with raised rims, concentrated 
  along ridges and other topographic features. How did these odd features form?

o Watch for Falling Rocks!	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031280_1705
 
  When boulders roll down a dusty Martian slope, they can leave long, dotted  
  tracks behind on the slope 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.