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Eberswalde Delta - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
A portion of the Eberswalde Crater delta system, which formed where a highlands valley network drained into the 63 km wide Eberswalde Crater. The complex topography here records several delta-building phases, and spectacularly preserves features that were present within the delta, like meandering channels. This site was a close runner-up to Gale Crater for the landing site of the Curiosity rover. Although considered for the Mars 2020 landing site, its star had faded relative to the delta in Jezero Crater, which boasts more diverse mineralogy as seen from orbit.
This image was created using the CRISM imaging spectrometer. Each pixel of a CRISM image contains a 500 point spectrum, from which a color can be reconstructed. This reconstructed color was overlaid on a higher-resolution image taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera (CTX), which simultaneously took a photo while CRISM was collecting data.
This image was taken on November 23, 2006. It uses CRISM observation HRL00003207 and CTX observation P01_001534_1559_XI_24S033W.
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / MSSS / Aster Cowart
Eberswalde Delta - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
A portion of the Eberswalde Crater delta system, which formed where a highlands valley network drained into the 63 km wide Eberswalde Crater. The complex topography here records several delta-building phases, and spectacularly preserves features that were present within the delta, like meandering channels. This site was a close runner-up to Gale Crater for the landing site of the Curiosity rover. Although considered for the Mars 2020 landing site, its star had faded relative to the delta in Jezero Crater, which boasts more diverse mineralogy as seen from orbit.
This image was created using the CRISM imaging spectrometer. Each pixel of a CRISM image contains a 500 point spectrum, from which a color can be reconstructed. This reconstructed color was overlaid on a higher-resolution image taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera (CTX), which simultaneously took a photo while CRISM was collecting data.
This image was taken on November 23, 2006. It uses CRISM observation HRL00003207 and CTX observation P01_001534_1559_XI_24S033W.
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / MSSS / Aster Cowart