|
Collection:
|
|
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
|
|
Title:
|
|
East Candor cPROTO
Title
East Candor cPROTO
Title
|
|
Original Caption Released with Image:
|
30 November 2004 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image was acquired using the cPROTO technique described on 27 September 2004 in " cPROTO Views of Spirit's Rover Tracks and Athabasca Vallis Flood Features." In other words, the picture was obtained by MOC with a resolution that is better than 1 meter per pixel (better than 3 feet per pixel). On the left is a view of the entire cPROTO image; on the right is a magnified view of the features seen in the white box on the left. The 200 meter scale bar is about 219 yards long. This cPROTO image, obtained in August 2004, shows layered sedimentary rocks exposed in eastern Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system. On the steep slope in the lower half of the image (left), the rocks have been breaking down into fine-grained material that slides down the slope to create fan-shaped talus accumulations. In some cases, the movement of this dry debris has cut narrow, straight chutes into the slope. The sub-meter resolution of the cPROTO image reveals that there are no boulders in the talus, attesting to the extremely fine-grained and easily broken-up nature of these sedimentary rocks. The image is located near 7.3°S, 69.0°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
30 November 2004 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image was acquired using the cPROTO technique described on 27 September 2004 in " cPROTO Views of Spirit's Rover Tracks and Athabasca Vallis Flood Features." In other words, the picture was obtained by MOC with a resolution that is better than 1 meter per pixel (better than 3 feet per pixel). On the left is a view of the entire cPROTO image; on the right is a magnified view of the features seen in the white box on the left. The 200 meter scale bar is about 219 yards long. This cPROTO image, obtained in August 2004, shows layered sedimentary rocks exposed in eastern Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system. On the steep slope in the lower half of the image (left), the rocks have been breaking down into fine-grained material that slides down the slope to create fan-shaped talus accumulations. In some cases, the movement of this dry debris has cut narrow, straight chutes into the slope. The sub-meter resolution of the cPROTO image reveals that there are no boulders in the talus, attesting to the extremely fine-grained and easily broken-up nature of these sedimentary rocks. The image is located near 7.3°S, 69.0°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left. Original Caption Released with Image
|
|
Image Credit:
|
|
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Image_Credit
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Image Credit
|
|
Produced By:
|
|
Malin Space Science Systems
Produced_By
Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By
|
|
Mission:
|
|
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mission
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mission
|
|
Spacecraft:
|
|
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Spacecraft
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Spacecraft
|
|
Target Name:
|
|
Mars
Target_Name
Mars
Target Name
|
|
Is a satellite of:
|
|
Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
|
|
Instrument:
|
|
Mars Orbiter Camera
Instrument
Mars Orbiter Camera
Instrument
|
|
Product Size:
|
|
1116 samples x 853 lines
Product_Size
1116 samples x 853 lines
Product Size
|
|
Producer ID:
|
|
MOC2-926
Producer_ID
MOC2-926
Producer ID
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Sun
facet_what
Sun
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Spirit
facet_what
Spirit
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Mars
facet_what
Mars
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Surveyor
facet_what
Surveyor
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_what
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_what
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Mars
facet_where
Mars
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Candor Chasm, Mars
facet_where
Candor Chasm, Mars
facet_where
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
27 September 2004
facet_when
27 September 2004
facet_when
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
August 2004
facet_when
August 2004
facet_when
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
30 November 2004
facet_when
30 November 2004
facet_when
|
|
facet_when_year:
|
|
2004
facet_when_year
2004
facet_when_year
|
|
Image #:
|
|
PIA07095
|
|
UID:
|
|
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07095
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07095
UID
|
|
orignial url:
|
orignial_url
orignial url
|
