A Sinuous Ridge South of Moreux Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
A Sinuous Ridge South of Moreux Crater
ESP_024224_2190  Science Theme: Fluvial Processes
This observation shows a sinuous ridge that may be an inverted stream. Streams can be inverted (become ridges) if they are made of stronger material than their surroundings.

Another way to make high-standing channels is to have water and sediment flow through a channel in the ice at the bottom of a glacier. After the glacier is gone, the sediment can be left behind, forming a ridge called an esker.

This caption in based on the original science rationale.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team (narration: Tre Gibbs)  (20 March 2013)
 
Acquisition date
27 September 2011

Local Mars time
14:15

Latitude (centered)
38.835°

Longitude (East)
44.957°

Spacecraft altitude
293.6 km (182.5 miles)

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59.7 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~179 cm across are resolved

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50 cm/pixel and North is up

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Emission angle
8.0°

Phase angle
41.2°

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

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6.7°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth:  96°
Sub-solar azimuth:  324.6°
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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.