Layered Rock in Noctis Labyrinthus
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Layered Rock in Noctis Labyrinthus
PSP_006745_1715  Science Theme: Tectonic Processes
This scene is the floor of a trough in Noctis Labryinthus, a region of chaotic terrain located between the Tharsis Rise and Valles Marineris.

Its eastern extent leads into the start of Valles Marineris, a canyon that is about as wide as the continental United States. The trough has a depression that contains dunes and exposed layers. It is possible that the wind is sculpting out the depression and revealing the layers or it could be continued cracking and pulling apart of the ground.

These layers might be the same as those seen in the canyons of Valles Marineris; their origin is currently unresolved.



Written by: Kelly Kolb  (7 May 2008)
 
Acquisition date
04 January 2008

Local Mars time
14:32

Latitude (centered)
-8.174°

Longitude (East)
260.356°

Spacecraft altitude
257.0 km (159.7 miles)

Original image scale range
25.7 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~77 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
1.7°

Phase angle
41.9°

Solar incidence angle
40°, with the Sun about 50° above the horizon

Solar longitude
12.4°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  23.6°
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