Bedrock Exposures in Crater Wall
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Bedrock Exposures in Crater Wall
ESP_025570_2330  Science Theme: Geologic Contacts/Stratigraphy
This mid-latitude crater appears well-preserved, with a clear ejecta blanket and well-defined rim. Bedrock exposures are visible near the top of the rim. Studying this site can yield information about the underlying terrain within this region.

Additionally, HiRISE images show small-scale features formed through modification and degradation processes; for example, few-meter-wide cracks that run perpendicular to the slope are likely formed through slumping and periglacial processes.

Gullies and flow features are also likely to be found along the crater wall—possible shallow channels starting at the bedrock exposures are visible in along the rim in the upper/left portion of the image.

Written by: Serina Diniega  (15 February 2012)
 
Acquisition date
09 January 2012

Local Mars time
14:46

Latitude (centered)
52.633°

Longitude (East)
15.501°

Spacecraft altitude
306.7 km (190.6 miles)

Original image scale range
61.9 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~186 cm across are resolved

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50 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
7.9°

Phase angle
38.4°

Solar incidence angle
45°, with the Sun about 45° above the horizon

Solar longitude
54.9°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth:  96°
Sub-solar azimuth:  336.7°
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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.