Iazu Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Iazu Crater
ESP_023237_1775  Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites
With Opportunity's arrival to the rim of Endeavour Crater, we prepare for our science activities by using HiRISE to perform a reconnaissance of the surrounding craters.

Not far to the south of Endeavour Crater lies Iazu Crater. The crater walls, which are better exposed than those of Endeavour,may provide a regional context for Opportunity's studies.

While it is in no way guaranteed that Opportunity will ever travel to Iazu Crater, the secrets revealed by taking this image may provide insight into the stratigraphy and structure of Endeavour Crater and help define the scientific campaign of Opportunity at Endeavour.

This caption is based on the original science rationale.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team  (31 August 2011)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_022525_1775.
 
Acquisition date
12 July 2011

Local Mars time
14:04

Latitude (centered)
-2.685°

Longitude (East)
354.789°

Spacecraft altitude
268.4 km (166.8 miles)

Original image scale range
27.4 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~82 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
11.8°

Phase angle
44.0°

Solar incidence angle
33°, with the Sun about 57° above the horizon

Solar longitude
326.6°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  96°
Sub-solar azimuth:  343.6°
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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.