NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Images – October 10, 2012

– Double Depressions or Expanded Craters on the Northern Plains http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028688_2330

How did these double depressions form? Once idea is that the inner depressions correspond to impact craters, or the floor deposits of impact craters.

– What Is This? http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028689_1180

What are we looking at here? There are long linear ridges or elevated terrains covered by regular patterns of dark spots.

– Where Curiosity May Roam http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028823_1755

This observation is part of a series of color strips being acquired by HiRISE to support future traverse planning by the Curiosity rover.

– The Top of Coprates Chasma http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028823_1755

The colors indicate that diverse rock types are present.

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