MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES April 3, 2013
o Dark Rays and Light-Tones http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_012560_1660 This image shows a relatively youthful crater with dark rayed ejecta and a light-toned zone that extends beyond that ejecta. o Sinuous Ridge in Gale Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_030814_1750 This scene covers a region of the floor of Gale Crater to the east of where Curiosity landed, providing needed regional geologic context. o Erosion of Steep Scarp of the South Polar Layered Deposits http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031078_1080 This image shows spectacular erosion of a steep scarp in the icy layered deposits on the South Pole of Mars. o Colorful Bedrock on the Floor of an Impact Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031099_1355 There are layers of rock with different colors (from different minerals) exposed in places where the dark reddish wind-blown drifts have been removed. 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.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
