HiRISE | Ridges in Meridiani Planum (ESP_025386

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Ridges in Meridiani Planum
ESP_025386_1800 Science Theme: Tectonic Processes

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When terrain gets squeezed by geologic forces, deep rocks sometimes break and get pushed upwards forming raised wrinkles on the surface. These wrinkle ridges are common on a lot of planets including Mars.

One of these ridges exists south of this image but seems to have been buried there. With HiRISE, we might be able to figure out the sequence of events by comparing the topography of the ridge with the younger layer that buries it.

Meridiani Planum is famous for another reason. This is where the rover Opportunity landed and has been exploring since 2004.

Written by: HiRISE Science Team (20 June 2012)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_025663_1800.

Acquisition date
26 December 2011

Local Mars time
14:54

Latitude (centered)
0.030°

Longitude (East)
5.685°

Spacecraft altitude
270.1 km (167.9 miles)

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

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
9.0°

Phase angle
39.3°

Solar incidence angle
47°, with the Sun about 43° above the horizon

Solar longitude
48.5°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 31.7°

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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.