MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES September 30, 2015
o Aeolian Features of Scandia Cavi http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_017426_2570 Winds likely blew from the northeast resulting in elongate dunes with an asymmetric downwind point. o The Ares 3 Landing Site: Where Science Fact Meets Fiction http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_041277_2115 Andy Weir, the author of "The Martian" had requested that we take a picture of the Ares 3 landing site from his novel in Acidalia Planitia, within driving distance from the Pathfinder lander and Sojourner rover. o From Ares 3 to Ares 4 ihttp://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042014_1760 Our image of a site in "The Martian" shows a flat region that is entirely mantled by bright dust. o All Along the Fractures http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042223_1890 Within the spaces between the dunes, a resistant and highly fractured surface is revealed. o Western Edge of Marth Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042252_1930 This HiRISE image shows the nature of terrain that serves as a dramatic background for a scene in "The Martian." o Nested Channels near Hellas http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042433_1535 We're not sure if this channel-inside-a-channel was carved by flowing water or lava. o Dynamic Mars http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042572_2640 This scarp at the edge of the North Polar layered deposits of Mars is the site of the most frequent frost avalanches seen by HiRISE. 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 our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
