[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: June 17, 2015
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Jun 17 19:40:31 EDT 2015
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
June 17, 2015
o Active High-Latitude Dune-Gullies
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039701_1095
Gully and defrosting activity have been visible here along edge
of dune field, along with blocks of frost.
o A Light Toned Deposit in Aureum Chaos
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039708_1765
The objective of this observation is to examine a light-toned
deposit in a region of what is called "chaotic terrain."
o A Fan-Shaped Landform and Nearby Light-Toned Material
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039731_1580
The focus of this image is on the western end of a fan-shaped
landform, located at the end point of a sinuous valley.
o Cloudy Skies over Hypanis Vallis
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040579_1920
These clouds are part of the annually occurring Acidalia storm
track, a regional dust storm system.
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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