• MRO HiRISE Images: December 21, 2016

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    MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
    December 21, 2016

    o Lace on Mars
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_046414_0990

    Channels formed by sublimation of a layer of seasonal dry ice are so
    dense in this area that they look like lace.

    o Spiders on Mounds
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_046562_1005

    This landform is uniquely Martian, formed in the spring as seasonal
    dry ice turns directly into gas.

    o Secondary Craters
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_046876_1465

    Secondary impact craters are both interesting and vexing, but can be
    used to constrain the age of the surface where they fell.

    o Soffen Crater Floor
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_047561_1560

    This crater on Mars was named after Dr. Gerald A. Soffen, project
    scientist for NASA's Viking program for Mars landers.

    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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