Splotches and Channels Near Sisyphi Montes
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Splotches and Channels Near Sisyphi Montes
PSP_005424_1075  Science Theme: Glacial/Periglacial Processes
This image shows high latitude terrain near the Sisyphi Montes. Patterned ground is everywhere throughout the scene, and there are several muted craters that have relaxed over time due to the presence of ground ice.

Dark splotches are also common. Using full HiRISE resolution, the dark splotches exist around boulders. It is possible that the boulders are ejecta from the freshest crater in the scene, the small crater near the top of the image. They could also be from another impact crater not in this image or be a result of a periglacial stone sorting process that leaves the large boulders isolated.


Written by: Kelly Kolb  (23 January 2008)
 
Acquisition date
23 September 2007

Local Mars time
14:46

Latitude (centered)
-72.163°

Longitude (East)
340.152°

Spacecraft altitude
251.5 km (156.3 miles)

Original image scale range
25.2 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~75 cm across are resolved

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25 cm/pixel

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Polarstereographic

Emission angle
0.2°

Phase angle
61.0°

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

Solar longitude
318.6°, Northern Winter

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North azimuth:  100°
Sub-solar azimuth:  52.0°
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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.