HiRISE | Geologic History Revealed in Valles Marineris (ESP_013784

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Geologic History Revealed in Valles Marineris
ESP_013784_1710 Science Theme: Mass Wasting Processes

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An enhanced-color image reveals bedrock that is several kilometers below the top of the giant Valles Marineris canyons.

The upper layers have relatively little diversity of colors and textures, but deeper levels show more complex processes. The upper layers could be mostly volcanic while the lower layers were influenced by the period of heavy bombardment and greater interactions with water.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (narration: Tre Gibbs) (5 February 2018)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_013362_1710.

Acquisition date
05 July 2009

Local Mars time
14:32

Latitude (centered)
-8.893°

Longitude (East)
315.378°

Spacecraft altitude
260.4 km (161.9 miles)

Original image scale range
26.6 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~80 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
10.3°

Phase angle
29.1°

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

Solar longitude
297.8°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 341.6°

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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.