HiRISE | Dune Migration (ESP_027412

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Dune Migration
ESP_027412_2600 Science Theme: Seasonal Processes

This is a stereo pair with ESP_027320_2600.

Acquisition date
01 June 2012

Local Mars time
14:05

Latitude (centered)
79.986°

Longitude (East)
110.123°

Spacecraft altitude
318.2 km (197.8 miles)

Original image scale range
32.1 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~96 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel

Map projection
Polarstereographic

Emission angle
7.1°

Phase angle
65.5°

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

Solar longitude
118.6°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 110°
Sub-solar azimuth: 322.2°

JPEG
JP2

JP2 EXTRAS

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EDR products
HiView

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