• MRO HiRISE Images: May 18, 2016

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    MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
    May 18, 2016

    o Bedrock Exposures on the Floor of Bakhuysen Crater
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044981_1560

    This image shows an exposure of bedrock on the floor of Bakhuysen
    Crater, a 150-kilometer diameter impact crater in Noachis Terra.

    o On the Shape of Impact Craters
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044998_1745
    .
    The shape of a crater can depend on factors including the angle of
    impact and the pre-impact slope and topography.

    o Valley Networks in the Ancient Martian Highlands
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_045299_1545

    The valley networks on Mars are terrains eroded by flowing water
    billions of years ago.

    o Frosted Dunes
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_045311_1205
    Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying
    on flat areas between the dunes.

    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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