[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - October 2, 2013

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
October 2, 2013

o Differential Compaction around a Crater Peak	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_033108_1800

  Does the graben in this image show evidence of what geologists 
  call "differential compaction"?

o Aligned Scallops	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_033111_2300
 
  This observation shows what we call "scalloped terrain," that 
  appears here to merge in a linear depression.

o Colorful Dunes	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_033272_1400

  When there are perfect conditions for producing sand dunes--steady 
  wind in one direction and just enough sand--barchan sand dunes form. 

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.