HiRISE | Wonderland of the Mawrth Vallis Region (ESP_072610

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Wonderland of the Mawrth Vallis Region
ESP_072610_2030 Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes

The Mawrth Vallis region of Mars reveals some of the most colorful layered sedimentary rocks on the Red Planet. There are ongoing debates about how these clay-rich deposits formed on very ancient Mars, more than 3 billion years ago.

Mawrth Vallis has often been on the candidate list for possible landing sites for robotic exploration. Located between the southern highlands and northern lowlands, the valley is a channel formed by massive flooding which occurred in Mars’ ancient past.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (9 March 2022)

Acquisition date
22 January 2022

Local Mars time
15:44

Latitude (centered)
22.799°

Longitude (East)
342.016°

Spacecraft altitude
285.2 km (177.2 miles)

Original image scale range
from 28.7 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 57.5 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning)

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
7.6°

Phase angle
48.3°

Solar incidence angle
56°, with the Sun about 34° above the horizon

Solar longitude
161.7°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 358.6°

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   (567MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (438MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (248MB)
non-map           (367MB)

IRB color
map projected (144MB)
non-map           (302MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (176MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (168MB)

RGB color
non map           (308MB)

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

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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.