NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Images – July 24, 2013
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES July 24, 2013
– Utopia Planitia
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_032108_2240
Under the proper climate conditions, ice may form and seasonally accumulate in a honeycomb network of vertical fractures that appear when ice-rich soil contracts each winter.
– A Unique View of Curiosity Rover in Yellowknife Bay
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_032436_1755
The rover is now driving south towards the large mound in Gale Crater officially named Aeolis Mons and also called “Mount Sharp.”
– Ice Deposition and Loss in an Impact Crater in Utopia Basin
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_032569_2225
From what we see in this observation, a lot has happened to modify the appearance of the crater since it was formed.
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.
