HiRISE | Bright Layers North of Meridiani Planum (ESP_020204

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Bright Layers North of Meridiani Planum
ESP_020204_1835 Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes

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This HiRISE image is located North of Meridiani Planum near the landing site of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.

The surface adjacent to the edge of the crater is characterized by light-toned, regularly layered sedimentary rock, dark-toned material trapped in degraded crater floors, and knobs. The layered rocks are faulted (offset) in places and folded (see inset of false color image, 1 kilometer/0.6 miles across).

Written by: Sharon Wilson (5 January 2011)

Acquisition date
17 November 2010

Local Mars time
15:43

Latitude (centered)
3.386°

Longitude (East)
1.664°

Spacecraft altitude
271.5 km (168.7 miles)

Original image scale range
56.1 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~168 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
14.9°

Phase angle
41.2°

Solar incidence angle
56°, with the Sun about 34° above the horizon

Solar longitude
182.9°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 2.4°

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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.