HiRISE | Basal Exposure of South Polar Layered Deposits (PSP_004403

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Basal Exposure of South Polar Layered Deposits
PSP_004403_1070 Science Theme: Polar Geology

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Acquisition date:	05 July 2007	Local Mars time:	3:20 PM
Latitude (centered):	-73.0 degrees	Longitude (East):	134.3 degrees
Range to target site:	248.9 km (155.6 miles)	Original image scale range:	49.8 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~149 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:	50 cm/pixel	Map projection:	POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission angle:	4.1 degrees	Phase angle:	58.0 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	55 degrees, with the Sun about 35 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	270.7 degrees, Northern Winter
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North azimuth:	99 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	41.0 degrees
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North azimuth:	44.27 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	346.1 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.