HiRISE | Monitor Seasonal Changes at a South Polar Cracked and Gullied Site (ESP_011460

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Monitor Seasonal Changes at a South Polar Cracked and Gullied Site
ESP_011460_0980 Science Theme: Seasonal Processes

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Acquisition date:	05 January 2009	Local Mars time:	5:02 PM
Latitude (centered):	-81.7 degrees	Longitude (East):	66.3 degrees
Range to target site:	246.5 km (154.1 miles)	Original image scale range:	49.3 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~148 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:	50 cm/pixel	Map projection:	POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission angle:	1.3 degrees	Phase angle:	86.5 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	85 degrees, with the Sun about 5 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	186.1 degrees, Northern Autumn
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North azimuth:	112 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	32.0 degrees
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North azimuth:	336.3 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	260.0 degrees

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov. 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. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. The image data were processed using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ISIS3 software.