Gigas Sulci
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Gigas Sulci
ESP_040661_1890  Science Theme: Landscape Evolution
A sulcus (or sulci, plural) is defined as “subparallel furrows and ridges.” This is a purely descriptive term for landforms that could have a variety of origins.

At this location appears to be a graben (which is a fault-bounded valley) on a large scale, and locally (such as in this image) became a vent region for lava flows.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (narration: Tre Gibbs)  (3 June 2015)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_041149_1890.
 
Acquisition date
30 March 2015

Local Mars time
14:13

Latitude (centered)
9.092°

Longitude (East)
233.339°

Spacecraft altitude
272.2 km (169.2 miles)

Original image scale range
55.0 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~165 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
7.6°

Phase angle
48.6°

Solar incidence angle
42°, with the Sun about 48° above the horizon

Solar longitude
317.4°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  328.6°
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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.