Recurring Slope Lineae in Coprates Chasma
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Recurring Slope Lineae in Coprates Chasma
ESP_034830_1670  Science Theme: Mass Wasting Processes
Recurring slope lineae (RSL) may be due to active seeps of water. These dark flows are abundant along the steep slopes of ancient bedrock in Coprates Chasma.

The enhanced-color cutout shows a full-resolution sample. The RSL are most prominent on the bright fans at the base of the bedrock, but actually extend back into the bedrock following small channels. MRO is continuing to monitor key sites to better understand this and other geologic activity on Mars.

Written by: Alfred McEwen  (19 February 2014)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_034619_1670.
 
Acquisition date
31 December 2013

Local Mars time
15:14

Latitude (centered)
-12.930°

Longitude (East)
295.417°

Spacecraft altitude
258.2 km (160.5 miles)

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26.3 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~79 cm across are resolved

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55.3°

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60°, with the Sun about 30° above the horizon

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70.0°, Northern Spring

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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.