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MRO HiRISE Images - May 16, 2012
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MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
May 16, 2012
o A Youthful Crater in the Cydonia Colles Region
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025716_2200
Just what makes a Martian crater youthful, in a geologic sense?
Very old craters tend to have eroded rims and can have plenty of
material that's filled in the floor.
o Monitoring Dune Gullies
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026506_1300
Remarkably, we have learned that the gullies form primarily or entirely
during seasons when there is carbon dioxide frost on the ground.
o Streamlined Landforms near the Cerberus Fossae
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026580_1940
One of the earliest observations of Mars that indicated that water once
flowed across its surface was the presence of large streamlined landforms.
o Sand Ripples at a Potential Landing Site
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026726_1790
Landing of the surface of Mars requires extensive planning and imaging
reconnaissance. This terrain west of Aeolis Planum is being considered
as landing site for a future Mars mission.
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.
May 16, 2012
o A Youthful Crater in the Cydonia Colles Region
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025716_2200
Just what makes a Martian crater youthful, in a geologic sense?
Very old craters tend to have eroded rims and can have plenty of
material that's filled in the floor.
o Monitoring Dune Gullies
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026506_1300
Remarkably, we have learned that the gullies form primarily or entirely
during seasons when there is carbon dioxide frost on the ground.
o Streamlined Landforms near the Cerberus Fossae
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026580_1940
One of the earliest observations of Mars that indicated that water once
flowed across its surface was the presence of large streamlined landforms.
o Sand Ripples at a Potential Landing Site
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026726_1790
Landing of the surface of Mars requires extensive planning and imaging
reconnaissance. This terrain west of Aeolis Planum is being considered
as landing site for a future Mars mission.
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.
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