Light-Toned Layering in Noctis Region Pit
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Light-Toned Layering in Noctis Region Pit
ESP_017399_1680  Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes
This is a stereo pair with ESP_027236_1680.
 
Acquisition date
13 April 2010

Local Mars time
15:16

Latitude (centered)
-11.855°

Longitude (East)
263.181°

Spacecraft altitude
254.6 km (158.2 miles)

Original image scale range
25.8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~77 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
5.5°

Phase angle
56.4°

Solar incidence angle
60°, with the Sun about 30° above the horizon

Solar longitude
76.9°, Northern Spring

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  43.7°
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   (642MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (298MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected  (325MB)
non-map           (352MB)

IRB color
map projected  (99MB)
non-map           (288MB)

Merged IRB
map projected  (151MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected  (145MB)

RGB color
non map           (285MB)
ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
Anaglyph details page

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL (DTM)
DTM details page

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

USAGE POLICY
All of the images produced by HiRISE and accessible on this site are within the public domain: there are no restrictions on their usage by anyone in the public, including news or science organizations. We do ask for a credit line where possible:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

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.