HiRISE | Curiosity on the Move (ESP_028612

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Curiosity on the Move
ESP_028612_1755 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

The latest HiRISE color image of MSL shows new details.

Subimage 1 shows the rover and its tracks after a few short drives. Tracking the tracks over time will provide information on how the surface changes over time as dust is deposited and eroded.

Subimage 2 shows the parachute and backshell, now in color. The outer band of the parachute has a reddish color.

Subimage 3 shows the descent stage crash site, now in color, and several distant spots (blue in enhanced color) downrange that are probably the result of distant secondary impacts that disturbed the surface dust. (See also this observation for more detail about the sky crane impact.)

These images were acquired on 2 September 2012, at approximately 22:59:37 (GMT).

For other HiRISE images of Curiosity, click here.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (6 September 2012)

Acquisition date
02 September 2012

Local Mars time
15:33

Latitude (centered)
-4.647°

Longitude (East)
137.440°

Spacecraft altitude
270.2 km (167.9 miles)

Original image scale range
27.4 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~82 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
9.0°

Phase angle
62.9°

Solar incidence angle
54°, with the Sun about 36° above the horizon

Solar longitude
165.3°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 16.5°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (711MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (493MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (403MB)
non-map           (371MB)

IRB color
map projected (181MB)
non-map           (414MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (181MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (173MB)

RGB color
non map           (410MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
About color products (PDF)

Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images

USAGE POLICY
All of the images produced by HiRISE and accessible on this site are within the public domain: there are no restrictions on their usage by anyone in the public, including news or science organizations. We do ask for a credit line where possible:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

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.