Fuzzy Faulted Plains
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Fuzzy Faulted Plains
PSP_001840_2000  Science Theme: Volcanic Processes
This HiRISE image samples the plains between the large shelf volcanoes in the Tharsis region of Mars.

The long scarps in the area have been formed by faults as the ground was pulled apart. The large circular depression on the edge of the image is a giant collapse pit that appears to be related to the opening up of crust.

If you look at this image carefully, much of the plains appears blurry, as if the picture was out of focus. But HiRISE remains in perfect focus and it is Mars that is actually this blurry. Soft wind-blown dust mutes all the features in the area to create this effect.

Written by: Laszlo P. Keszthelyi  (7 March 2007)

 
Acquisition date
17 December 2006

Local Mars time
15:33

Latitude (centered)
19.945°

Longitude (East)
251.407°

Spacecraft altitude
276.5 km (171.9 miles)

Original image scale range
27.7 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
2.8°

Phase angle
48.9°

Solar incidence angle
52°, with the Sun about 38° above the horizon

Solar longitude
152.0°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  4.2°
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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.