HiRISE | Layers of Water-Deposited Sediment (ESP_025665

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Layers of Water-Deposited Sediment
ESP_025665_1825 Science Theme: Aeolian Processes

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This image covers part of the floor of a large ancient impact crater, near the western rim.

The cutout shows layered deposits, many with distinct colors (the colors are enhanced). These layers have a morphology similar to that seen elsewhere on Mars in obvious alluvial fans where channels emerge into craters.

In this case the channels are not obvious, but we suspect that it is the same kind of deposit and the ancient channel is not well preserved due to subsequent modification.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (7 March 2012)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_026166_1825.

Acquisition date
17 January 2012

Local Mars time
14:56

Latitude (centered)
2.317°

Longitude (East)
307.960°

Spacecraft altitude
270.4 km (168.1 miles)

Original image scale range
54.0 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~162 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
2.3°

Phase angle
48.9°

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

Solar longitude
58.1°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 33.2°

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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.