[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: January 22, 2014

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
January 22, 2014

o Light-Toned Deposits along Coprates Chasma Slopes	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034329_1670

  This region of Mars contains kilometers-thick light-toned 
  layered sedimentary deposits along many of its floors.

o Shapes and Spots on a Polar Sand Dune	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034441_2565

  This observation shows numerous dark shapes and bright spots 
  on a sand dune in the Northern polar regions of Mars.

o Oxus Patera Collapse Feature	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034656_2195

  It's unknown how Oxus Patera formed, although some suggest it 
  represents an ancient caldera formed by collapse and explosive volcanism.

o Giant Gullies North of the Argyre Impact Basin	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034829_1325

  Even by Martian standards, the gullies in this observation are quite large.
	
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.