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MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
April 20, 2016
o Gullies with Dramatic Lighting
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044514_1315
This image was acquired to look for frost on these generally equator-facing
slopes.
o Many Fantastic Colors
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044662_2010
This region is ancient and has had a complicated geologic history, leading to
interesting structures as well as compositions.
o Flood Lavas and Mass Extinctions
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044671_2050
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This entire landscape is covered by lava flows. Almost all of vast Amazonis
Planitia is covered by lava flows, an area comparable to that of the entire
continental United States.
o Cratered Cones in Acidalia Planitia
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044745_2210
This image shows part of a broad plain covered with cratered cones and domes
in the Northern lowlands of Mars.
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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