Yes, these are images from the area on Mars we recently discussed at the thread starting at

http://www.habitablezone.com/space/messages/18179.html

The area is very interesting, especially given the contention that the most recent floods are Mya rather than Gya in age. Unfortunately, however, the Athena team announced earlier this month that Athabasca Valles, due to radar roughness, is now "off the list" as one of the four finalist candidate landing sites for one of the 2003 MER rovers. The team has inserted in its place Isidis Basin (with ellipses much closer to the rim than Beagle 2); Isidis was categorized as a backup site at the earlier downselection. The final sites will be discussed at the upcoming 3rd Landing Site Workshop: Mars 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers, to be held in Pasadena (March 26-28, 2002)

Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii