[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: July 29, 2015

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
July 29, 2015

o A Possible Landing Site for the ExoMars Rover in Aram Dorsum	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040881_1880

  This image is part of a proposed landing site for the ExoMars Rover, 
  planned for launch in 2018.

o Diverse Deposits in Melas Chasma	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_041134_1720

  This image includes chaotic deposits with a wide range of colors.

o A Fresh Shallow Valley Transitions to an Inverted Channel	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_041144_2200

  Inverted channels form when a valley fills with materials.

o Gullies on the Wall of an Unnamed Crater in Utopia Planitia	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_041866_2290

  The banked, sinuous shape of the gully channels suggest that water 
  was involved in their formation.

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.