HiRISE | Sediments in Northeast Syrtis Major (ESP_080611

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Sediments in Northeast Syrtis Major
ESP_080611_1980 Science Theme: Landscape Evolution

This region is potentially where the Mars Sample Return lander could retrieve samples collected by Perseverance rover, if the rover travels this far outside of Jezero Crater. This enhanced color cutout covers ancient sediments with polygonal fracture patterns, perhaps an ancient lakebed.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (19 October 2023)

Acquisition date
07 October 2023

Local Mars time
15:33

Latitude (centered)
17.471°

Longitude (East)
77.488°

Spacecraft altitude
280.9 km (174.6 miles)

Original image scale range
57.5 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~173 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
13.3°

Phase angle
63.3°

Solar incidence angle
51°, with the Sun about 39° above the horizon

Solar longitude
129.6°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 17.8°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (164MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (57MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (82MB)
non-map           (113MB)

IRB color
map projected (24MB)
non-map           (48MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (165MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (157MB)

RGB color
non map           (45MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
About color products (PDF)

Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images

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All of the images produced by HiRISE and accessible on this site are within the public domain: there are no restrictions on their usage by anyone in the public, including news or science organizations. We do ask for a credit line where possible:
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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.