• MRO HiRISE Images - January 27, 2016

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    MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
    January 27, 2016

    o Pit Crater near Elysium Mons
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_043222_2035

    Pit craters are simply sink holes in the ground with near vertical
    walls and floors that are only visible when the sun is high in the sky.

    o A Tale of Two Flows.
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_043609_2230

    We will need to study this image in more detail to understand how these
    flows have interacted with each other and what they can tell us about their composition.

    o The Changing Sands.
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_043617_1885

    These barchan dunes have been imaged at least five times already, and each time, a
    bit more movement is revealed.

    o Jarosite in Noctis Labyrinthus.
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_043719_1725

    The jarosite-bearing deposit observed here could indicate acidic aqueous conditions
    within a volcanic system in Noctis Labyrinthus.

    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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