[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: March 25, 2015

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
March 25, 2015

o Pitted Landforms in Southern Hellas Planitia
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_038821_1235

  These mantles are composed of ice-rich sediments that degrade as the ice 
  sublimates away.

o At the Head of a Kasei Valles Cataract	
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_039274_2055

  This observation samples the bedrock lithologies and gives us a measure of 
   post-flood erosion.

o The Lowest Point of Osuga Valles	
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_039326_1650

  This is an outflow area, probably the result of ancient and catastrophic 
  flooding.

o Possible Fluvial Features in Golden Crater	
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_039405_1575

  High resolution can help study the layers, with an enhanced-color image 
  showing us any variations in composition.

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.