HiRISE | South Polar Layered Deposits in Elim Crater (ESP_023735

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

South Polar Layered Deposits in Elim Crater
ESP_023735_1000 Science Theme: Polar Geology

This is a stereo pair with ESP_023577_1000.

Acquisition date
19 August 2011

Local Mars time
15:00

Latitude (centered)
-80.040°

Longitude (East)
97.592°

Spacecraft altitude
248.0 km (154.1 miles)

Original image scale range
50.3 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~151 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel

Map projection
Polarstereographic

Emission angle
7.7°

Phase angle
82.0°

Solar incidence angle
78°, with the Sun about 12° above the horizon

Solar longitude
347.4°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 104°
Sub-solar azimuth: 57.0°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (393MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (149MB)
non-map           (251MB)

ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
Anaglyph details page

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
EDR products
HiView

NB
Black & white is 5 km across
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images
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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.