Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 29, 2012

Aeolian Scour Features in Olympus Mons Aureole
Aeolian Scour Features in Olympus Mons Aureole

Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona - Credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/IPF

Mars Local Time: 14:09 (Early Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 16,7° North Lat. and 216,5° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 279,6 Km (such as about 174,8 miles)
Original image scale range: 55,9 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~ 1 mt and 68 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 3,6°
Phase Angle: 35,0°
Solar Incidence Angle: 38° (meaning that the Sun is about 52° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 350,4° (Northern Winter/Southern Summer)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona



This frame has been colorized in Absolute Natural Colors by (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mars), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.


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