Ice_rich_flows_near_Hellas_ESP_025646_1440.jpg
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Description Ice rich flows near Hellas ESP 025646 1440.jpg |
English:
NASA describes this image in the following caption: This image shows flow features (tongue-shaped features in the depressions running down the slope) on the inner slope of an impact crater east of Hellas impact basin.
The time of year combined with MRO’s orbit and the slope combine to provide the geometry for an image with almost glancing (very low sun) illumination. Such low-sun lighting enhances subtle topographic features and makes a dramatic image. Other flows in this region of Mars, long thought to be due to flowing ice, have been confirmed to be icy by the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) experiment on MRO. Written by: Alfred McEwen (7 March 2012) |
Date | 2012/03/07 |
Source | https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_025646_1440 |
Author | Jim Secosky suggested NASA take this image of this spot with HiRISE through the HiWish program. The image credit should read: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona |
Location on Mars | 35° 27′ 07.2″ S, 112° 05′ 38.4″ E | View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps | -35.452000; 112.094000 |
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