[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: March 26, 2014
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Mar 27 13:14:38 EDT 2014
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
March 26, 2014
o A Dark-Toned, Pitted Mound in a Crater in Northeast Arabia Terra
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034970_2040
This fascinating observation shows us a dark-toned mound with pits
inside an impact crater. Are these pits the result of sublimation?
o A Large, Banded Angular Fragment in Nili Fossae
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035062_1995
HiRISE images of similar fragments nearby also show this banding,
and the resolution of our camera may help determine what these layers are.
o An Unusual Mound
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035078_2185
With its cracked, blistery appearance, this mound near the center of a
very large crater poses an interesting question: how did this form?
o Bedrock in a Trough in Asimov Crater
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_035777_1320
The crater appears to have been completely filled by a thick sequence of
materials, perhaps including sediments and lava flows.
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.
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