A Triple Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
A Triple Crater
ESP_049987_1450  Science Theme: Seasonal Processes
This image (making a stereo pair with ESP_041350_1455) shows an elongated depression from three merged craters.

The raised rims and ejecta indicate that these are impact craters rather than collapse or volcanic landforms. The pattern made by the ejecta and the craters suggest this was a highly oblique (low angle to the surface) impact, probably coming from the west.

There may have been three major pieces flying in close formation to make this triple crater. Be sure to view the anaglyph for a more detailed look.



Written by: Alfred McEwen  (1 June 2017)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_041350_1455.
 
Acquisition date
26 March 2017

Local Mars time
14:15

Latitude (centered)
-34.427°

Longitude (East)
148.341°

Spacecraft altitude
253.7 km (157.7 miles)

Original image scale range
26.1 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~78 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
13.9°

Phase angle
30.8°

Solar incidence angle
40°, with the Sun about 50° above the horizon

Solar longitude
339.4°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  38.4°
JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (419MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (234MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected  (169MB)
non-map           (248MB)

IRB color
map projected  (54MB)
non-map           (197MB)

Merged IRB
map projected  (105MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected  (99MB)

RGB color
non map           (197MB)
ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
Anaglyph details page

BONUS
4K (TIFF)
8K (TIFF)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
About color products (PDF)

Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images

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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.