MRO HiRISE Images: July 1, 2015

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MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
July 1, 2015

o Clay-Rich Terrain in Oxia Planum: A Proposed ExoMars Landing Site
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039154_1985

This image uses HiRISE to show what the surface looks like and
whether it is feasible to land a rover on it.

o Searching for Clinoforms in a Possible Delta
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039820_1750

Evidence for deltas that formed billions of years ago on Mars has
been mounting in recent years.

o Pedestal Crater Development
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_039936_1330

A pedestal occurs when the ejecta from an impact settles around the
new crater and is more erosion-resistant than the surrounding terrain.

o A Channel System and Patterned Ground near Hellas Basin
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040601_1460

In this image, we explore the southwestern floor of a 50-kilometer
diameter unnamed crater, about 100 kilometers northeast of Hellas Basin.

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.