[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - September 30, 2015

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
September 30, 2015

o Aeolian Features of Scandia Cavi
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_017426_2570

  Winds likely blew from the northeast resulting in elongate 
  dunes with an asymmetric downwind point.

o The Ares 3 Landing Site: Where Science Fact Meets Fiction	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_041277_2115

  Andy Weir, the author of "The Martian" had requested that we 
  take a picture of the Ares 3 landing site from his novel in 
  Acidalia Planitia, within driving distance from the Pathfinder 
  lander and Sojourner rover.

o From Ares 3 to Ares 4	
  ihttp://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042014_1760

  Our image of a site in "The Martian" shows a flat region that is 
  entirely mantled by bright dust.

o All Along the Fractures	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042223_1890

  Within the spaces between the dunes, a resistant and highly fractured 
  surface is revealed.

o Western Edge of Marth Crater 	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042252_1930

  This HiRISE image shows the nature of terrain that serves as a dramatic 
  background for a scene in "The Martian."

o Nested Channels near Hellas	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042433_1535

  We're not sure if this channel-inside-a-channel was carved by flowing 
  water or lava.

o Dynamic Mars	
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042572_2640

  This scarp at the edge of the North Polar layered deposits of Mars is the 
  site of the most frequent frost avalanches seen by HiRISE.

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.