[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: June 16, 2011

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:18:41 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201106162318.p5GNIf3W005774_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
June 16, 2011

o Pit on the Eastern Flank of Pavonis Mons
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_019351_1795

  This image was suggested by Dennis Mitchell's seventh
  grade Mars student team at Evergreen Middle School in
  Cottonwood, California as part of the HiRISE Quest Student
  Imaging Challenge.

o Light and Dark Bands in Darwin Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022117_1225

  Dark streaks and dust devil tracks across much of the HiRISE
  image indicate active sediment transport by wind processes.

o Light-Toned Units and Dunes, Meridiani Planum
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022208_1800

  Located in a small unnamed crater just west of Schiaparelli
  impact crater, this observation shows a portion of the crater's
  western slope and floor.

o Faulted, Layered Deposits in Candor Chasma
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022343_1735

  The light-toned layered material was likely deposited when
  there was water in the Chasma.
        
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.
Received on Thu 16 Jun 2011 07:18:41 PM PDT