Small Mounds in Chryse Planitia
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Small Mounds in Chryse Planitia
ESP_023304_1995  Science Theme: Volcanic Processes
This HiRISE image shows a group of cones, shield-like features, and round mounds. They are a few hundred meters to kilometers in diameter. Possible origins include sedimentary (mud) volcanism and magmatic volcanism. HiRISE data are essential for evaluating these hypotheses.

This caption is based on the original science rationale.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team  (31 August 2011)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_023726_1995.
 
Acquisition date
17 July 2011

Local Mars time
13:59

Latitude (centered)
19.125°

Longitude (East)
322.904°

Spacecraft altitude
283.5 km (176.2 miles)

Original image scale range
29.0 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~87 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
12.6°

Phase angle
53.7°

Solar incidence angle
43°, with the Sun about 47° above the horizon

Solar longitude
329.5°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  320.4°
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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.