MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES November 14, 2012
o Possible Phyllosilicate Near Margaritifer Chaos http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028288_1720 The existence of clay minerals is especially interesting on Mars since we want to know under what conditions these minerals formed. Could it have been the presence of water? o Chutes and Flows http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028321_1785 Some of the surface material appears to have breached the crater rim and flowed into the crater by way of chutes. o A Streamlined Island in Athabasca Valles http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028519_1895 Streamlined islands form by a rapid erosive flow (catastrophic flooding) around an obstacle such as a resistant rock outcrop or surface armored by impact ejecta. o Only on Mars http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028910_0985 The South Polar terrain of Mars has a landscape unlike anywhere on Earth. 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
