Enigmatic Channels on the Floor of Mangala Valles
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Enigmatic Channels on the Floor of Mangala Valles
ESP_033264_1640  Science Theme: Volcanic Processes
This particular area, called Mangala Valles and located near the Tharsis region, may be an example of the action of liquid water in the ancient Martian past.

It’s possible that the wide and short channels visible here may have formed by the motion of groundwater, similar to way channels like these form on Earth.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team (narration: Tre Gibbs)  (30 October 2013)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_033053_1640.
 
Acquisition date
31 August 2013

Local Mars time
14:36

Latitude (centered)
-15.691°

Longitude (East)
210.638°

Spacecraft altitude
261.1 km (162.3 miles)

Original image scale range
26.6 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~80 cm across are resolved

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25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Emission angle
11.0°

Phase angle
35.9°

Solar incidence angle
44°, with the Sun about 46° above the horizon

Solar longitude
15.1°, 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.