Colorful Bedrock Layers
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Colorful Bedrock Layers
ESP_049009_1520  Science Theme: Tectonic Processes
Much of Mars’ surface is covered by fine-grained materials that hide the bedrock, but elsewhere, such as in this scene, the bedrock is well exposed (except where covered by sand dunes).

Colors are enhanced in the cutout of a pit exposing reddish layers. This is part of a stereo pair, so check out the stereo anaglyph for a 3D view.



Written by: Alfred McEwen (audio: Tre Gibbs)  (23 February 2017)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_039581_1520.
 
Acquisition date
09 January 2017

Local Mars time
14:13

Latitude (centered)
-27.797°

Longitude (East)
203.166°

Spacecraft altitude
255.2 km (158.6 miles)

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

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
17.0°

Phase angle
47.4°

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

Solar longitude
295.9°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  96°
Sub-solar azimuth:  8.1°
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   (550MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (319MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected  (276MB)
non-map           (260MB)

IRB color
map projected  (78MB)
non-map           (230MB)

Merged IRB
map projected  (147MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected  (140MB)

RGB color
non map           (228MB)
ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
Anaglyph details page

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL (DTM)
DTM details page

BONUS
4K (TIFF)
8K (TIFF)

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.