HiRISE | Hydrated Minerals North of Hellas Basin (ESP_021705

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Hydrated Minerals North of Hellas Basin
ESP_021705_1510 Science Theme: Composition and Photometry

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This image is from a region to the north of Hellas Basin. The CRISM instrument on MRO has shown that there are hydrated minerals on the surface throughout this area and several targets in this region have been acquired.

This HiRISE image has considerable diversity in color suggesting a range of surface compositions. This cutout is one example. It appears here that a face has been revealed by a rock-fall (note the large boulders at the bottom of the image). The exposed face is markedly bluer in color suggesting the presence of hydrated minerals.

Written by: Nicolas Thomas (13 April 2011)

Acquisition date
14 March 2011

Local Mars time
15:10

Latitude (centered)
-28.567°

Longitude (East)
64.799°

Spacecraft altitude
258.0 km (160.4 miles)

Original image scale range
from 25.9 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 51.9 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning)

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
5.4°

Phase angle
37.1°

Solar incidence angle
43°, with the Sun about 47° above the horizon

Solar longitude
254.4°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 359.6°

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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.