HiRISE | Eroded Terrain Near Volcanic Fissures (ESP_026303

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Eroded Terrain Near Volcanic Fissures
ESP_026303_1945 Science Theme: Volcanic Processes

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This observation was taken to investigate the topography near the source of fluids from the Cerberus Fossae fractures in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars.

There are distinct channels carved into the terrain here, presumably by floods of water. However, the terrain is coated with lava, and this situation--where flood-eroded channels are completely coated with lava--is seen in many parts of Mars.

This leads some researchers to suggest that the channels were actually carved by the flowing lava, and that there was no flood of water. Images like these are helping to test these ideas.

Written by: Laszlo Kestay (11 April 2012)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_026158_1945.

Acquisition date
07 March 2012

Local Mars time
14:58

Latitude (centered)
14.148°

Longitude (East)
166.813°

Spacecraft altitude
280.9 km (174.6 miles)

Original image scale range
30.5 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~91 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
23.7°

Phase angle
64.7°

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

Solar longitude
79.8°, Northern Spring

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 29.1°

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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.