HiRISE | Sample of South Polar Layered Deposits East of McMurdo Crater (ESP_023685

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Sample of South Polar Layered Deposits East of McMurdo Crater
ESP_023685_0965 Science Theme: Polar Geology

Acquisition date
16 August 2011

Local Mars time
15:39

Latitude (centered)
-83.236°

Longitude (East)
32.911°

Spacecraft altitude
248.7 km (154.5 miles)

Original image scale range
49.8 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~149 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel

Map projection
Polarstereographic

Emission angle
0.1°

Phase angle
80.0°

Solar incidence angle
80°, with the Sun about 10° above the horizon

Solar longitude
345.4°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 113°
Sub-solar azimuth: 56.8°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (158MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (51MB)
non-map           (94MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
EDR products
HiView

NB
Black & white is 5 km across
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images
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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.