Distinctive Brightness
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Distinctive Brightness
ESP_011443_1380  Science Theme: Fluvial Processes
This full-resolution image is centered on a bright deposit at the end of a gully channel.

The bright deposit does not seem to be present in an image acquired several years earlier than 2009, and is likely to be very recent based on its distinctive brightness.

Written by: Alfred McEwen  (29 March 2017)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_011509_1380.
 
Acquisition date
04 January 2009

Local Mars time
15:55

Latitude (centered)
-41.699°

Longitude (East)
150.562°

Spacecraft altitude
250.8 km (155.9 miles)

Original image scale range
25.4 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~76 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
9.3°

Phase angle
74.2°

Solar incidence angle
66°, with the Sun about 24° above the horizon

Solar longitude
185.3°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  96°
Sub-solar azimuth:  24.6°
JPEG
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IRB color
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Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

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IRB color
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JP2 EXTRAS
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non-map           (782MB)

IRB color
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non-map           (639MB)

Merged IRB
map projected  (329MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected  (316MB)

RGB color
non map           (633MB)
ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
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BONUS
4K (TIFF)
8K (TIFF)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
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Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
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POSTSCRIPT
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.