Seasonal Changes in Polygonal Terrain
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Seasonal Changes in Polygonal Terrain
ESP_038379_2485  Science Theme: Seasonal Processes
 
Acquisition date
04 October 2014

Local Mars time
15:13

Latitude (centered)
68.223°

Longitude (East)
233.570°

Spacecraft altitude
312.3 km (194.1 miles)

Original image scale range
62.6 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~188 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel

Map projection
Polarstereographic

Emission angle
4.2°

Phase angle
90.4°

Solar incidence angle
87°, with the Sun about 3° above the horizon

Solar longitude
207.7°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  100°
Sub-solar azimuth:  326.5°
JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (390MB)


JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected  (215MB)
non-map           (141MB)


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
USAGE POLICY
All of the images produced by HiRISE and accessible on this site are within the public domain: there are no restrictions on their usage by anyone in the public, including news or science organizations. We do ask for a credit line where possible:
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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.