[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: June 29, 2016
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Jun 30 18:54:35 EDT 2016
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
June 29, 2016
o Martian Morse Code
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044675_2580
The shape and orientation of dunes can usually tell us about
wind direction, but in this image, the dune-forms are very complex.
o Glowing Gullies in Kaiser Crater Dunes
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_045324_1325
The giant sand dunes in Kaiser Crater experience gully erosion of the
steep slip faces every year in late winter as the sun warms the slopes.
o Bedrock North of Terby Crater
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_045335_1535
These may be some of the oldest rocks exposed at the Martian surface.
o Dreaming of Graben in the Labyrinth of the Night
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_045605_1715
Noctis Labyrinthus is a highly tectonized region immediately to the west
of Valles Marineris. It formed when Mars' crust stretched itself apart.
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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