HiRISE | Central Peak Gullies (ESP_012781

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Central Peak Gullies
ESP_012781_1365 Science Theme: Fluvial Processes

Acquisition date
18 April 2009

Local Mars time
15:29

Latitude (centered)
-43.339°

Longitude (East)
343.090°

Spacecraft altitude
256.1 km (159.1 miles)

Original image scale range
51.3 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~154 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
4.7°

Phase angle
42.7°

Solar incidence angle
47°, with the Sun about 43° above the horizon

Solar longitude
249.1°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 13.6°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (361MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (99MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (226MB)
non-map           (237MB)

IRB color
map projected (90MB)
non-map           (144MB)

RGB color
non map           (130MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color 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.