HiRISE | A Second Look at the Zhurong Lander (ESP_069731

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

A Second Look at the Zhurong Lander
ESP_069731_2055 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

The Chinese Tianwen-1 mission landed in southern Utopia Planitia on 14 May 2021. HiRISE acquired images on 6 June and this one on 11 June. The landing site remains distinctly colored from removal of Martian dust during landing and movement of the Zhurong rover toward the south can be seen when comparing the two images.

This second image also allows us to create a three-dimensional stereo view. Stereo anaglyphs of the lander and parachute can be viewed with red/blue glasses and reveal gently rolling plains.

Written by: Shane Byrne (23 June 2021)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_069665_2055.

Acquisition date
11 June 2021

Local Mars time
15:36

Latitude (centered)
25.101°

Longitude (East)
109.915°

Spacecraft altitude
288.8 km (179.5 miles)

Original image scale range
29.0 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~87 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
5.4°

Phase angle
44.2°

Solar incidence angle
50°, with the Sun about 40° above the horizon

Solar longitude
57.5°, Northern Spring

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 96°
Sub-solar azimuth: 13.0°

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   (937MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (524MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (462MB)
non-map           (620MB)

IRB color
map projected (190MB)
non-map           (444MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (273MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (261MB)

RGB color
non map           (403MB)

ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
Anaglyph details page

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL (DTM)
DTM details page

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:
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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.