[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 10, 2016

[Ron Baalke]

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
February 10, 2016

o Rounded Mounds in Northern Arabia Terra	
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_043834_2160

  The resolution of our image will help assess the nature and 
  grain size of the sediment that makes up these mounds.

o Inverted Terrain in Eridania	
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_043946_1415

  The Eridania Basin is thought to have once contained a large sea.

o Wind at Work	
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_044000_1750

  Wind is one of the most active forces shaping Mars' surface in today's 
  climate.

o A Possible Alluvial Fan	
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_044388_2160

  Fan-shaped lobes likes these are also in the desert southwest of the 
  United States, and are called "alluvial fans."

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.