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Exposure of Polar Layered Deposits Not Well Covered by Mars Global Surveyor (PSP_001365_2720)

Exposure of Polar Layered Deposits Not Well Covered by Mars Global Surveyor
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

OBSERVATION TOOLBOX
Acquisition date:10 November 2006 Local Mars time: 8:11 AM
Latitude (centered):88.1 ° Longitude (East):135.6 °
Range to target site:319.4 km (199.6 miles)Original image scale range:63.9 cm/pixel
(with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~192 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:50 cm/pixelMap projection:POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission angle:9.1 ° Phase angle:63.9 °
Solar incidence angle:71 °, with the Sun about 19 ° above the horizon Solar longitude:133.5 °, Northern Summer
For non-map projected products:
North azimuth:201 ° Sub-solar azimuth:320.9 °
F O R   M A P   P R O J E C T E D   P R O D U C T S
North azimuth:134.3°Sub solar azimuth256.7°

 

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STEREO PAIR
PSP_001379_2680

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov. 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. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. The image data were processed using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ISIS3 software.