MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES July 16, 2014
o Ridges in Eridania Basin http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_036654_1490 Eridania Basin has mounting geomorphic and spectral evidence that it may have been the site of an ancient inland sea. o The Icy Surface of the North Polar Cap http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_036867_2655 At Mars' North Pole is a dome of icy layers ranging up to 2 kilometers thick, roughly analogous to the Earth's ice caps in Greenland or Antarctica. o Ancient Lake Sediments in a Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_037122_2165 Our observation shows layered deposits, some with polygonal patterns, as might be expected from lake sediments. 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://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
