MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES November 2, 2011
o Lava Flow Constricted between Topographic Obstacles http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_020580_2035 This constriction seems to have disrupted the flow and produced a platy-ridged surface on the down-flow side of the constriction point. o Brain-Coral Texture on Crater Floor http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023649_1360 This crater floor has a hummocky texture ("brain-coral"-like), and curved structures, possibly from glacial-like flow. o Gullies with Varied Shapes on a Crater Wall http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023665_1410 A couple of gullies in this image are unusual because a segment in the middle becomes wider than the upslope segment, and then narrows again downslope. o The Eastern Floor of Aram Chaos http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_024266_1830 The interplay between the dunes, eroded landforms and the various other light and dark-toned materials provides clues to the relative ages of the geologic processes and the nature of the materials. 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. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
