HiRISE | Sample of the Olympus Mons (PSP_003595

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Sample of the Olympus Mons
PSP_003595_2115 Science Theme: Mass Wasting Processes

This image samples the rugged central portion of the mysterious "aureole" that extends to the west and north of Olympus Mons.

While many ideas for its formation have been advanced over the decades, these days it is generally thought to be a giant landslide deposit. The scene here fits that model with kilometer-scale (mile-sized) rocky hummocks and blocks strewn about. The blocks themselves are now covered with dust that is slumping off in small landslides or avalanches. These leave dark streaks on the sides of the blocks.

Written by: Laszlo Kestay (6 June 2007)

This is a stereo pair with PSP_004307_2115.

Acquisition date
03 May 2007

Local Mars time
15:21

Latitude (centered)
31.216°

Longitude (East)
216.282°

Spacecraft altitude
290.3 km (180.4 miles)

Original image scale range
29.0 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~87 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
0.9°

Phase angle
70.7°

Solar incidence angle
70°, with the Sun about 20° above the horizon

Solar longitude
230.9°, Northern Autumn

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 326.3°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (1269MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (579MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (575MB)
non-map           (664MB)

IRB color
map projected (232MB)
non-map           (477MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (295MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (282MB)

RGB color
non map           (464MB)

ANAGLYPHS
Map-projected, reduced-resolution
Full resolution JP2 download
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
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NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
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Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
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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.