HiRISE images for April 7, 2010

The following new captioned and spotlight images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft are now available:

• Faulted Layered Bedrock in Noctus Labyrinthus
  A portion of this observation shows layered bedrock that has been faulted and tilted.
• Fading Young Impact Crater
  This image shows a new impact crater that formed on Mars between May 2002 and February 2004. It was discovered in data from the Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS instrument and later confirmed to be an impact crater by the Context Camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
• Monitor Spirit Landing Site for Aeolian Changes
  This observation covers the Columbia Hills and the surrounding plains of Gusev Crater, which the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been exploring since January 2004. Repeat images of this site have been acquired to study aeolian (wind-related) changes on the surface.
• Polygonal Patterned Ground
  From a distance, the floor of this crater looks like a giant honeycomb or spider web. The intersecting shapes, or polygons, commonly occur in the northern lowlands of Mars.
• Avalanche Clouds
  This HiRISE image shows at least three isolated clouds of particles near a steep cliff in the northern polar region of Mars.