Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Northern Plains
Original Caption Released with Image:
Image PSP_0 01375_2485 was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft on November 11, 2006. The complete image is centered at 68.3 degrees latitude, 328.0 degrees East longitude. The range to the target site was 314.0 km (196.3 miles). At this distance the image scale is 31.4 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~94 cm across are resolved. The image shown here has been map-projected to 25 cm/pixel. The image was taken at a local Mars time of 3:05 PM and the scene is illuminated from the west with a solar incidence angle of 58 degrees, thus the sun was about 32 degrees above the horizon. At a solar longitude of 133.9 degrees, the season on Mars is Northern Summer.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is operated by the University of Arizona, Tucson, and the instrument was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., Boulder, Colo.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Univ. of Arizona
Produced By:
University of Arizona/HiRise-LPL
Mission:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Spacecraft:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
HiRISE
Product Size:
512 samples x 508 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
MRO
facet_what:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
facet_what:
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Denver
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
November 11, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
Image #:
PIA09417
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA09417
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Northern Plains