HiRISE | Olivine-Rich Terrain in Ganges Chasma (ESP_062930

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Olivine-Rich Terrain in Ganges Chasma
ESP_062930_1720 Science Theme:

HiRISE has been striving to image locations that have high-resolution infrared spectral coverage by CRISM showing interesting mineralogy, but lacks HiRISE coverage to better interpret the geologic setting.

This image covers a location in which the mineral olivine was detected, and shows that the surface is ancient fractured bedrock, eroded by wind, and with a few wind-blown deposits.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (27 February 2020)

Acquisition date
30 December 2019

Local Mars time
15:27

Latitude (centered)
-8.073°

Longitude (East)
319.585°

Spacecraft altitude
268.5 km (166.9 miles)

Original image scale range
54.1 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~162 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
6.9°

Phase angle
63.8°

Solar incidence angle
58°, with the Sun about 32° above the horizon

Solar longitude
127.9°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 36.0°

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   (169MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (104MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (71MB)
non-map           (98MB)

IRB color
map projected (27MB)
non-map           (97MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (185MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (169MB)

RGB color
non map           (88MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
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RGB: red-green-blue
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Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
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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.