An Oblique View of Uplifted Rocks
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
An Oblique View of Uplifted Rocks
ESP_021545_1660  Science Theme: Geologic Contacts/Stratigraphy
This image shows part of the central uplifted region of an impact crater more than 50 kilometers wide. That means that the bedrock has been raised from a depth of about 5 kilometers, exposing ancient materials.

The warm (yellowish-reddish) colors mark the presence of minerals altered by water, whereas the bluish and greenish rocks have escaped alteration. Sharp-crested ridges and smooth areas are young windblown materials.

Written by: Alfred McEwen  (24 May 2017)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_013198_1660.
 
Acquisition date
02 March 2011

Local Mars time
15:23

Latitude (centered)
-13.751°

Longitude (East)
113.430°

Spacecraft altitude
258.4 km (160.6 miles)

Original image scale range
59.6 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~179 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
30.4°

Phase angle
19.7°

Solar incidence angle
49°, with the Sun about 41° above the horizon

Solar longitude
246.5°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  95°
Sub-solar azimuth:  346.0°
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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.