Colorful Equatorial Gullies in Krupac Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Colorful Equatorial Gullies in Krupac Crater
ESP_049488_1720  Science Theme: Mass Wasting Processes
Although large gullies (ravines) are concentrated at higher latitudes, there are gullies on steep slopes in equatorial regions. An enhanced-color closeup shows part of the rim and inner slope of Krupac Crater located just 7.8 degrees south of the equator.

The colors of the gully deposits match the colors of the eroded source materials. Krupac is a relatively young impact crater, but exposes ancient bedrock. Krupac Crater also hosts some of the most impressive recurring slope lineae (RSL) on equatorial Mars outside of Valles Marineris.

Another close look shows some of RSL, flowing downhill (to the left). The RSL leave bright deposits when inactive from previous years; this year’s active RSL are the thin dark lines.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (narration: Tre Gibbs)  (2 May 2017)
 
Acquisition date
15 February 2017

Local Mars time
14:06

Latitude (centered)
-7.792°

Longitude (East)
86.044°

Spacecraft altitude
259.4 km (161.2 miles)

Original image scale range
26.3 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~79 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
8.6°

Phase angle
23.7°

Solar incidence angle
32°, with the Sun about 58° above the horizon

Solar longitude
317.9°, Northern Winter

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  347.4°
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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.