Fractures in Cerberus Fossae
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Fractures in Cerberus Fossae
PSP_009913_1910  Science Theme: Tectonic Processes
This image shows an example of "en echelon" fractures in the Cerberus Fossae region. The fractures formed tectonically, by movement of Mars' crust. En echelon means that the fractures are laterally displaced from each other in a way consistent with the lateral displacement of other fractures in the same area.

The colors in this enhanced color image result from differences in composition of the materials and do not represent how it would appear to the human eye. Note that one can make out boulders and small dunes at the bottom of these fractures and layering within the walls. Just visible at the top of the image is well-preserved impact crater ejecta. The image is 1.2 kilometer across.

Written by: Kate Fishbaugh  (22 October 2008)
 
Acquisition date
06 September 2008

Local Mars time
15:28

Latitude (centered)
11.039°

Longitude (East)
155.439°

Spacecraft altitude
277.6 km (172.5 miles)

Original image scale range
28.0 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~84 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
7.7°

Phase angle
57.7°

Solar incidence angle
51°, with the Sun about 39° above the horizon

Solar longitude
123.5°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  23.5°
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Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
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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.