[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - April 11, 2012

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:59:49 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201204112059.q3BKxnJR008937_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
April 11, 2012

o Terraces or Strata on a Crater Slope
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025370_1290

  Structural features cut through the layered material and strata
  at this location. Could these features be faults or dikes?

o A Volcanic Pit Chain and Dust Avalanches
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026249_2025

  The upper wall of the pit shows at least four distinct layers, each
  representing a sequence of one or more lava flows.

o Eroded Terrain Near Volcanic Fissures
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026303_1945

  This observation was taken to investigate the topography near the
  source of fluids from the Cerberus Fossae fractures in the Elysium
  Planitia region of Mars.

o Layered Sediments in Danielson Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026349_1885

  These layered sediments are of great interest because they are very
  regular in thicknesses.

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 11 Apr 2012 04:59:49 PM PDT