HiRISE | A Plateau in Ares Vallis (ESP_038877

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A Plateau in Ares Vallis
ESP_038877_1875 Science Theme: Fluvial Processes

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This channelized area is near the source region of the huge outflow channel, Ares Vallis. It was at the distal end or “long-ways down-river-area” where the Pathfinder/Sojourner mission landed on 4 July 1997.

This tiny region of Ares Vallis is on a plateau and did not contribute much to the overall water discharge. The slope downhill at the northeast edge of the image leads to the main channel.

Dune- and ripple-like transverse aeolian ridges (TARs) have since covered the bottom of the channels. These are oriented perpendicularly to the winds that must flow through these now-dry channels.

Written by: Kirby Runyon (narration: Tre Gibbs) (14 January 2015)

Acquisition date
11 November 2014

Local Mars time
15:32

Latitude (centered)
7.449°

Longitude (East)
337.720°

Spacecraft altitude
273.0 km (169.7 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

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
0.1°

Phase angle
58.9°

Solar incidence angle
59°, with the Sun about 31° above the horizon

Solar longitude
231.7°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 337.2°

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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.