• MRO HiRISE Images: April 20, 2016

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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
    .
    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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