Fans on Crater Rims
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Fans on Crater Rims
ESP_046332_1040  Science Theme: Seasonal Processes
Gas under pressure will choose an easy escape route. In this image, the terrain is covered with a seasonal layer of dry ice.

The weak spots, for gas sublimating from the bottom of the seasonal ice layer to escape, appear to be around craters, where the surface was broken and pulverized by an impact. Fans of surface material deposited on top of the seasonal ice layer show where the escape vents are.

This target was identified by the citizen scientists at Planetfour: Terrains.

Written by: Candy Hansen (narration: Tre Gibbs)   (14 December 2016)
 
Acquisition date
14 June 2016

Local Mars time
16:08

Latitude (centered)
-75.815°

Longitude (East)
228.941°

Spacecraft altitude
248.6 km (154.5 miles)

Original image scale range
99.5 cm/pixel (with 4 x 4 binning) so objects ~299 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
100 cm/pixel

Map projection
Polarstereographic

Emission angle
1.6°

Phase angle
86.9°

Solar incidence angle
88°, with the Sun about 2° above the horizon

Solar longitude
168.9°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  102°
Sub-solar azimuth:  40.5°
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   (59MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (36MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected  (40MB)
non-map           (41MB)

IRB color
map projected  (21MB)
non-map           (39MB)

Merged IRB
map projected  (67MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected  (62MB)

RGB color
non map           (37MB)
BONUS
4K (TIFF)
8K (TIFF)

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.