Tanya Harrison
My First Picture of Mars
This is the first image of Mars I ever targeted for the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Context Camera (CTX).
The picture shows of a cluster of pits with landslides on the southern flank of Arsia Mons, the southernmost of the three large volcanoes of the Tharsis Montes. The image was taken at a resolution of 6 m/pixel and has been downsized for Flickr viewing. Since arriving at Mars in 2006, the CTX camera has covered ~43% of Mars at 6 m/pixel resolution (as of the date I posted this) and is able to cover up to 9390 km^2 (3625.5 mi^2) in a single image—up to 30 km (18.6 miles) wide and 313 km (~194.5 miles) long.
To learn more about the CTX camera: www.msss.com/mro/ctx/index.html
My First Picture of Mars
This is the first image of Mars I ever targeted for the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Context Camera (CTX).
The picture shows of a cluster of pits with landslides on the southern flank of Arsia Mons, the southernmost of the three large volcanoes of the Tharsis Montes. The image was taken at a resolution of 6 m/pixel and has been downsized for Flickr viewing. Since arriving at Mars in 2006, the CTX camera has covered ~43% of Mars at 6 m/pixel resolution (as of the date I posted this) and is able to cover up to 9390 km^2 (3625.5 mi^2) in a single image—up to 30 km (18.6 miles) wide and 313 km (~194.5 miles) long.
To learn more about the CTX camera: www.msss.com/mro/ctx/index.html