[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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