• MRO HiRISE Images - February 10, 2016

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    MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
    February 10, 2016

    o Rounded Mounds in Northern Arabia Terra.
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_043834_2160

    The resolution of our image will help assess the nature and
    grain size of the sediment that makes up these mounds.

    o Inverted Terrain in Eridania.
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_043946_1415

    The Eridania Basin is thought to have once contained a large sea.

    o Wind at Work.
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_044000_1750

    Wind is one of the most active forces shaping Mars' surface in today's
    climate.

    o A Possible Alluvial Fan.
    http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_044388_2160

    Fan-shaped lobes likes these are also in the desert southwest of the
    United States, and are called "alluvial fans."

    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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