A Sequence of Beauty in Terby Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
A Sequence of Beauty in Terby Crater
ESP_013305_1515  Science Theme: Landscape Evolution
The north-facing wall of a moat-like depression in the middle of Terby Crater exposes a beautiful 400 meter-high sequence of light-toned, repetitive sedimentary layers. These deposits are often obscured by darker-toned patches of material as well as ripples and dunes.

The deposits in Terby, located on the northern rim of Hellas Planitia, are consistent with deposition in a standing body of water. The layers have been proposed as science targets for future landed missions.

Written by: Sharon Wilson  (18 September 2017)
 
Acquisition date
29 May 2009

Local Mars time
14:54

Latitude (centered)
-28.082°

Longitude (East)
74.262°

Spacecraft altitude
260.2 km (161.7 miles)

Original image scale range
52.2 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~157 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
4.3°

Phase angle
43.1°

Solar incidence angle
39°, with the Sun about 51° above the horizon

Solar longitude
274.9°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  359.9°
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non-map           (118MB)

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RGB color
non map           (93MB)
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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.