Clays in the Eridania Basin
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Clays in the Eridania Basin
ESP_055392_1510  Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes
This colorful image shows clays within the Eridania basin region. Many scientists using orbital data have proposed that a large lake may have once existed here during the Late Noachian through Early Hesperian time periods, and then much of the water drained out to the north via Ma’adim Vallis.

Understanding where and what kind of clay exists within this region using CRISM data can help scientists learn more about how long the postulated lake existed and the water chemistry within the lake.



Written by: Cathy Weitz (audio: Tre Gibbs)  (9 July 2018)

This is a stereo pair with PSP_010888_1510.
 
Acquisition date
21 May 2018

Local Mars time
15:43

Latitude (centered)
-28.649°

Longitude (East)
181.784°

Spacecraft altitude
255.0 km (158.5 miles)

Original image scale range
55.3 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~166 cm across are resolved

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50 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
23.5°

Phase angle
40.5°

Solar incidence angle
61°, with the Sun about 29° above the horizon

Solar longitude
179.5°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  27.1°
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