HiRISE | Gullies in Ius Chasma (ESP_080617

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Gullies in Ius Chasma
ESP_080617_1715 Science Theme: Mass Wasting Processes

Pristine gullies are common on steep slopes in the middle latitudes of Mars, where they are shaped by the action of carbon dioxide frost. There are also pristine gullies in equatorial Valles Marineris where little carbon dioxide frost is deposited.

These equatorial gullies are often associated with recurring slope lineae (RSL); dark thin flows that form at the warmest times on steep slopes. We do not know if the RSL help carve the gullies or if they just follow gullies that formed by some other process.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (17 November 2023)

Acquisition date
07 October 2023

Local Mars time
15:43

Latitude (centered)
-8.169°

Longitude (East)
278.051°

Spacecraft altitude
263.2 km (163.6 miles)

Original image scale range
52.9 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~159 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
1.7°

Phase angle
60.1°

Solar incidence angle
61°, with the Sun about 29° above the horizon

Solar longitude
129.8°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 33.8°

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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.