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HiRISE / MRO : ESP_021545_1660 "An Oblique View of Uplifted Rocks - Mars"

An Oblique View of Uplifted Rocks (Mars) From the HiRISE instrument.

 

Quote Source

"This image shows part of the central uplifted region of an impact crater more than 50 kilometres wide. That means that the bedrock has been raised from a depth of about 5 kilometres, exposing ancient materials."

 

Acquisition date

02 March 2011

 

Local Mars time

15:23

 

Latitude (centred)

-13.751°

 

Longitude (East)

113.430°

 

Spacecraft altitude

258.4 km (160.6 miles)

 

Original image scale range

59.6 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~179 cm across are resolved

 

Source data : uahirise.org/ESP_021545_1660

 

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Uploaded on August 22, 2021