Layered Material Cut by a Valley Connected to East Jezero Crater
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Layered Material Cut by a Valley Connected to East Jezero Crater
ESP_026359_1990  Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes
This image shows layered bedrock composed of light- and intermediate-toned materials. There are also darker bed forms that fill in low-lying topography, such as impact craters.

In the center of the image is a valley with darker fill extending from left to right. The darker materials within the valley might be fluvial sediments. At HiRISE resolution, we might be able to decipher the properties of the bedrock as well as what deposited the sediments.

This caption is based on the original science rationale.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team (audio: Robert Rappaport)  (6 June 2012)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_028535_1990.
 
Acquisition date
11 March 2012

Local Mars time
15:02

Latitude (centered)
18.682°

Longitude (East)
78.572°

Spacecraft altitude
280.7 km (174.5 miles)

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28.4 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~85 cm across are resolved

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Emission angle
9.5°

Phase angle
51.4°

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

Solar longitude
81.8°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  22.6°
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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.