Channeled Southern Highlands
Caption:
Map Projected Browse Image
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The map is projected here at a scale of 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) per pixel.
[The original image scale is 52.1 centimeters (20.5 inches) per pixel (with 2 x 2 binning); objects on the order of 156 centimeters (61.4 inches) across are resolved.] North is up.
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This enhanced color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the heavily channeled and ancient southern highlands of Mars. The elongated and jagged features are windblown dunes, perhaps hardened and eroded.
Background Info:
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Cataloging Keywords:
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Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) |
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Instrument Host |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
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Host Type |
Orbiter |
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Instrument |
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) |
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Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Color, Dune, Map |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2018-04-30 |
Date in Caption |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22436 |
Identifier |
PIA22436 |