[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - October 19, 2011

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:56:13 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201110192256.p9JMuDLO014477_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
October 19, 2011

o Mysterious Color-Changing Dust Devil Track
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023327_2065

  Suction created by the air rotating in a whirlwind removes a
  thin layer of light-colored dust from the Martian surface, leaving
  behind dark lines in its path.

o Possible Newest Segment of Cerberus Fossae
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023798_1895

  Floods of water and lava are thought to have emanated from the
  larger fossae nearby, perhaps forming the Athabasca channel and
  later filling it with lava.

o The Millipedes of Mars?
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023829_1350
 
  Dunes are particularly suited to comprehensive planetary studies
  because they are abundant over a wide range of elevations and terrain types.

o Lobate Flow Features in the Northwest Hellas Rim
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_024000_1425

  Lobate features such as these are indicative of viscous flow,
  reminiscent of terrestrial glaciers and have long-been interpreted as
  evidence for subsurface ice.

        
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 Wed 19 Oct 2011 06:56:13 PM PDT