HiRISE | A Valley Near the Northern Lowlands (ESP_050004

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

A Valley Near the Northern Lowlands
ESP_050004_2170 Science Theme: Glacial/Periglacial Processes

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The goal of this observation is to determine the source of the ridge within a possible moraine that is also present in another HiRISE image. A moraine is a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier.

If the structure is a moraine, we should expect to find two sources of debris converging in the valley. If the sources are carrying lots of debris, there is a good chance of finding more moraine features further up the valley.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team (audio: Tre Gibbs) (11 December 2017)

Acquisition date
27 March 2017

Local Mars time
13:52

Latitude (centered)
36.794°

Longitude (East)
32.999°

Spacecraft altitude
294.9 km (183.3 miles)

Original image scale range
59.5 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~179 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
7.9°

Phase angle
58.1°

Solar incidence angle
52°, with the Sun about 38° above the horizon

Solar longitude
340.1°, Northern Winter

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North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 312.5°

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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.