Impact Crater Filled with Layered Deposits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Impact Crater Filled with Layered Deposits
PSP_001410_2210  Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes
This image shows an impact crater in Utopia Planitia, in the northern hemisphere of Mars, that is filled with layered material.

The layered character of these deposits is consistent with episodic deposition. Each distinct layer represents a period of sediment deposition. The layers are parallel to each other, indicating that deposition occurred by material settling onto the surface, rather than being blown across the surface in sand dunes.

The hummocky texture of these deposits suggests that volatiles (such as carbon dioxide ice) are mixed in with the rocky sediment.




Written by: Chris Okubo  (6 December 2006)

This is a stereo pair with PSP_002175_2210.
 
Acquisition date
14 November 2006

Local Mars time
15:22

Latitude (centered)
40.803°

Longitude (East)
99.496°

Spacecraft altitude
295.8 km (183.8 miles)

Original image scale range
from 29.6 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 59.2 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning)

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25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
1.7°

Phase angle
47.5°

Solar incidence angle
49°, with the Sun about 41° above the horizon

Solar longitude
135.2°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  352.8°
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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.