Unusual Crater with Lava Flows near Arsia Mons
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Unusual Crater with Lava Flows near Arsia Mons
ESP_017347_1585  Science Theme: Volcanic Processes
This image was targeted to look at lava flows in east Daedalia Planum. The flows here have different brightnesses (reflectivity) which may indicate different compositions.

The cutout shows another aspect of the image. A small, 0.5 kilometer diameter crater shows a regular structure of aligned ridges in its interior. The origin of this structure is unclear but may be related to the breach in the crater rim to the left.

Written by: Nicolas Thomas (narration: Tre Gibbs)  (19 September 2012)
 
Acquisition date
09 April 2010

Local Mars time
15:16

Latitude (centered)
-21.126°

Longitude (East)
243.702°

Spacecraft altitude
251.4 km (156.3 miles)

Original image scale range
50.3 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~151 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
0.0°

Phase angle
66.0°

Solar incidence angle
66°, with the Sun about 24° above the horizon

Solar longitude
75.1°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  47.5°
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