HiRISE | Feathery Ridges (ESP_036485

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Feathery Ridges
ESP_036485_1765 Science Theme: Fluvial Processes

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This HiRISE image shows a valley filled with an assortment of linear ridges. These ridges are often referred to as transverse aeolian ridges, or TAR, and they take a variety of forms. Here they sit at right angles to the direction of the valley, because the topography funnels the wind along the trough.

At this location, some of the TAR have secondary structures, likely small ripples. It is common for sand dunes to be covered in small ripples, often with different orientations that may be shaped by winds redirected by the larger dunes. Here the secondary structures have an unusual radiating/converging pattern, giving the TAR here a feathery appearance.

Written by: Colin Dundas (narration: Tre Gibbs) (2 July 2014)

Acquisition date
09 May 2014

Local Mars time
15:32

Latitude (centered)
-3.415°

Longitude (East)
112.013°

Spacecraft altitude
265.3 km (164.9 miles)

Original image scale range
26.5 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~80 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
0.0°

Phase angle
56.9°

Solar incidence angle
57°, with the Sun about 33° above the horizon

Solar longitude
128.0°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 32.4°

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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.