HiRISE | Northern Plains Sample (Possible Phoenix Lander Site) (PSP_001418

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Northern Plains Sample (Possible Phoenix Lander Site)
PSP_001418_2495 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

This view shows the texture of the ground in the area favored as a landing site for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission. The pattern resembles permafrost terrain on Earth, where cycles of thawing and freezing cause cracking into polygon shapes.

The above subimage, covering a patch of ground about 700 meters (2,300 feet) across.

(The subimage appears courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona).Written by: HiRISE Science Team (9 July 2007)

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Acquisition date:	14 November 2006	Local Mars time:	3:03 PM
Latitude (centered):	69.218 degrees	Longitude (East):	234.227 degrees
Range to target site:	311.7 km (194.8 miles)	Original image scale range:	31.2 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~94 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:	25 cm/pixel	Map projection:	POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission angle:	0.2 degrees	Phase angle:	59.2 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	59 degrees, with the Sun about 31 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	135.5 degrees, Northern Summer
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North azimuth:	99 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	330.7 degrees
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North azimuth:	35.77 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	268.7 degrees

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov. 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. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. The image data were processed using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ISIS3 software.