[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: March 4, 2015

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
March 4, 2015

o Dunes in Western Medusae Fossae Formation
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039240_1730

  The dark dunes in the western Medusae Fossae formation 
  provide some evidence of having a local origin.

o A Possible Landing Site for the 2020 Mission: Jezero Crater	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039348_1985

  This is one of the trickier aspects of selecting landing sites 
  on Mars: a place to do good science but also where the risks of 
  landing are low.

o Craters Near Nilokeras Scopulus	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039432_2115

  Are these craters, or could these be very large pits?

o Sand Avalanches in Meroe Patera	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039955_1875

  This image was acquired as part of a series to look for sand 
  movement in Meroe Patera, not far from the active sand dunes of 
  Nili Patera. 

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.