MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 7, 2015
o A Polar Smile http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039115_0945 If you smile at Mars, sometimes it smiles back. o Strange Flow: Landslide, Impact Melt or Lava? http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039117_1745 Scientists are trying to determine if these deposits represent materials deposited by a massive landslide, an impact crater or a nearby volcanic event. o A Recent Impact in Elysium Planitia http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039148_1980 This image shows a new impact crater in Elysium Planitia that was first discovered by the Mars Context Camera. o The Eastern Portion of Cerberus Fossae http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039187_1915 Visible in this observation is a section of Cerberus Fossae which are comprised of a series of rifts present located in Elysium Planitia, just north the Martian equator. 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] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
