Dune Gullies in Matara Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Dune Gullies in Matara Crater
ESP_020058_1300  Science Theme: Aeolian Processes
This image, and the associated cutout, show changing dunes and incised gullies in the southern Matara Crater.

Repeat imaging of the dunes in this crater shows that material towards the top of the gullies has moved downslope (towards the left in the cutout), and the channel beds may have widened over time. Because this activity occurs during Martian Southern Hemisphere winter, it is believed to be related to carbon dioxide frost that forms as the area grows colder. Scientists continue to monitor this region for changes in the gullies and the dunes themselves.

The subimage is approximately one kilometer (0.6 miles) across. Previous HiRISE images of this region include PSP_007650_1300, ESP_013834_1300, ESP_019069_1300, and ESP_019847_1300.

Written by: Kristin Block  (4 January 2011)
 
Acquisition date
06 November 2010

Local Mars time
15:55

Latitude (centered)
-49.463°

Longitude (East)
34.721°

Spacecraft altitude
250.5 km (155.7 miles)

Original image scale range
25.5 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~76 cm across are resolved

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25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
8.6°

Phase angle
64.6°

Solar incidence angle
72°, with the Sun about 18° above the horizon

Solar longitude
176.5°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  32.7°
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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.