[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: March 25, 2015

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:21:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201503270621.t2R6LQ1b014417_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
March 25, 2015

o Pitted Landforms in Southern Hellas Planitia
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_038821_1235

  These mantles are composed of ice-rich sediments that degrade as the ice
  sublimates away.

o At the Head of a Kasei Valles Cataract
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_039274_2055

  This observation samples the bedrock lithologies and gives us a measure of
   post-flood erosion.

o The Lowest Point of Osuga Valles
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_039326_1650

  This is an outflow area, probably the result of ancient and catastrophic
  flooding.

o Possible Fluvial Features in Golden Crater
  http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_039405_1575

  High resolution can help study the layers, with an enhanced-color image
  showing us any variations in composition.

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 Fri 27 Mar 2015 02:21:25 AM PDT