The Top of Coprates Chasma
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
The Top of Coprates Chasma
ESP_028962_1645  Science Theme: Geologic Contacts/Stratigraphy
This image covers a small portion of gigantic Coprates Chasma, part of Valles Marineris.

With enhanced infrared-red-blue colors, we see a portion of the very top of the south wall of the canyon, looking down onto the steep upper slopes. The colors indicate that diverse rock types are present.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (narration: Tre Gibbs)  (10 October 2012)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_037111_1645.
 
Acquisition date
30 September 2012

Local Mars time
15:39

Latitude (centered)
-15.450°

Longitude (East)
303.273°

Spacecraft altitude
259.7 km (161.4 miles)

Original image scale range
52.1 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~156 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
5.5°

Phase angle
61.5°

Solar incidence angle
56°, with the Sun about 34° above the horizon

Solar longitude
180.3°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  95°
Sub-solar azimuth:  16.6°
JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (380MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (226MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected  (220MB)
non-map           (220MB)

IRB color
map projected  (96MB)
non-map           (238MB)

Merged IRB
map projected  (401MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected  (356MB)

RGB color
non map           (211MB)
ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
Anaglyph details page

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
About color products (PDF)

Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images

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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.