HiRISE | Potential Mars Landing Site near Mounds Associated with Crater Rim (ESP_021919

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Potential Mars Landing Site near Mounds Associated with Crater Rim
ESP_021919_2135 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

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This observation shows large mounds that may represent hydrothermal diapirism in a lacustrine (lake) setting, possibly involving fluid movement from great depth. "Diapirism" is a process where a more mobile (and deformable) material is forced up onto overlying material, hence the mounds. An easy point of reference for this process is something most people have seen: a lava lamp.

One of the justifications for this observation is to assess landing/roving hazards and morphology. Additionally, HiRISE has a stereo pair and an anaglyph that helps determine morphology and mineralogy of the mounds and the suitability of a future landing ellipse. This observation also underscores how landing sites are chosen: a safe place to land and explore that is also scientifically compelling.

This caption is based on the original science rationale.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team (2 May 2011)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_021642_2135.

Acquisition date
31 March 2011

Local Mars time
14:54

Latitude (centered)
32.972°

Longitude (East)
336.644°

Spacecraft altitude
293.5 km (182.4 miles)

Original image scale range
32.3 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~97 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
25.6°

Phase angle
54.5°

Solar incidence angle
71°, with the Sun about 19° above the horizon

Solar longitude
265.0°, Northern Autumn

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North azimuth: 95°
Sub-solar azimuth: 312.1°

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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.