• MRO HiRISE Images: March 23, 2016

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    MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
    March 23, 2016

    o Stratigraphy of Alluvial Fans in Saheki Crater
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044491_1585

    Some of the best-preserved alluvial fans on Mars are in
    this area, which we've images many times previously.

    o Old Salt
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044502_1735

    Just what is that "purplish" colored stuff with the polygonal
    fractures?

    o Looking for Ice
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044698_2245

    At high latitudes, new impact craters often expose ice, which
    appears bright in HiRISE enhanced-color images.

    o Colorful Polar Layered Deposits
    http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_044706_2670

    The North Polar layered deposits provide a record of recent climate
    changes on 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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