Stepping It Up in Arabia Terra
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Stepping It Up in Arabia Terra
ESP_066476_1890  Science Theme: Aeolian Processes
Several craters in Arabia Terra are filled with layered rock, often exposed in rounded mounds. The bright layers are roughly the same thickness, giving a stair-step appearance.

The process that formed these sedimentary rocks is not yet well understood. They could have formed from sand or volcanic ash that was blown into the crater, or in water if the crater hosted a lake. One thing is certain, though: it wouldn’t be hard to get your 10,000 daily steps when going on a hike in beautiful Arabia Terra!

Written by: Sharon Wilson (narration: Tre Gibbs)  (15 December 2020)
 
Acquisition date
01 October 2020

Local Mars time
14:48

Latitude (centered)
8.805°

Longitude (East)
-1.049°

Spacecraft altitude
274.8 km (170.8 miles)

Original image scale range
27.6 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~83 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
4.1°

Phase angle
49.2°

Solar incidence angle
53°, with the Sun about 37° above the horizon

Solar longitude
288.0°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  327.0°
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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.