[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - May 15, 2013

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
May 15, 2013

o Seasonal Flows in Palikir Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031102_1380

  Palikir Crater, which sits inside the much large Newton crater, 
  contains thousands of individual flows called "Recurring Slope 
  Linea", or RSL.

o Polygonal Dunes	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031138_1380

  Polygons are of great interest because they often indicate the 
  presence of shallow ice or of desiccation such as in a mud flat.

o Dust Devil Tracks and Slope Streaks on Martian Sand Dunes	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031199_2070

  This observation shows a sand dune field in the Nili Fossae region 
  of Mars. The dark lines swirling over the surface of the dunes are 
  the tracks of dust devils.

o A Possible Landing Site for NASA	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031249_1785

  HiRISE has become an invaluable tool for other Mars missions to help 
  select landing sites that are safe and scientifically compelling.

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.