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ESP_024998_1900_RED-PCF-LXTT.jpgFissure in Cerberus Fossae (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)247 visiteCoord. (centered): 9,9° North Lat. and 158,3° East Long.
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ESP_025010_2650-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgOn the North Polar Scarp (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color. Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)74 visiteThis image, taken by the NASA - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in the late November of the AD 2011, was acquired in order to monitor the effects on the North Polar Scarp of the so-called "Frost Avalanches" that occurred the year prior. HiRISE often re-images certain areas of Mars so to track those changes which, over time, might have occurred in some particularly interesting Regions and, in this case, the NASA People wanted to photograph the North Polar Scarp near the onset of the Martian Springtime, so to get a better understanding, among other things, of the number, extent and frequency of these Frost Avalanches; their possible causes (beside the thawing ---> the fact that Ice, Snow, or other frozen substances, start to become liquid, or just soft, as a result of warming) and the role that they have in the evolution of the North Poalr Scarp itself.
It is a fact that, even though the HiRISE has captured the occurrence of many other Frost Avalanches in the past, their view never ceases to amaze, since it demonstrates (but we, as IPF, just like many other Researchers and Scientists all over the World, had no doubts about it) that there still are, even at present time, several Active Geologic and Atmospheric Processes which keep happening (or regular bases) on the Red Planet. And this one, in other words, is just "one of the many"...
Mars Local Time: 12:33 (Early Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 84,995° North Lat. and 151,528° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 320,4 Km (such as about 200,2 miles)
Original image scale range: 32,1 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 96 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission Angle: 0,5°
Phase Angle: 71,1°
Solar Incidence Angle: 71° (meaning that the Sun was about 19° above the Local Horizon at the time the picture was taken)
Solar Longitude: 35,4° (Northern Spring - Southern Fall)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer Italia
This picture (which is a cropped and NON-Map Projected NASA - Original Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CTX b/w frame, identified by the serial n. ESP_025010_2650) has been additionally processed and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (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.MareKromium
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ESP_025020_1720-PCF-LXTT-00.jpgFaults in Jus Chasma (CTX Frame - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)196 visiteMars Local Time: 14:49 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 7,8° South Lat. and 279,5° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 278,7 Km (such as about 174,2 miles)
Original image scale range: 27,9 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 84 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 19,3°
Phase Angle: 33,2°
Solar Incidence Angle: 48° (meaning that the Sun is about 42° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 35,8° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025020_1720-PCF-LXTT-01.jpgFaults in Jus Chasma (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)200 visiteMars Local Time: 14:49 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 7,8° South Lat. and 279,5° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 278,7 Km (such as about 174,2 miles)
Original image scale range: 27,9 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 84 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 19,3°
Phase Angle: 33,2°
Solar Incidence Angle: 48° (meaning that the Sun is about 42° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 35,8° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025042_1375_RED-PCF-LXTT-00.jpgLarge Dunefield in Noachis Terra (CTX Frame - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)69 visiteMars Local Time: 14:52 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 42,4° South Lat. and 42,0° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 252,2 Km (such as about 157,6 miles)
Original image scale range: 25,2 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 76,0 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 0,4°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 69,9°
Solar Incidence Angle: 69° (meaning that the Sun is about 21° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 36,5° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025042_1375_RED-PCF-LXTT-01.jpgLarge Dunefield in Noachis Terra (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)69 visiteMars Local Time: 14:52 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 42,4° South Lat. and 42,0° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 252,2 Km (such as about 157,6 miles)
Original image scale range: 25,2 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 76,0 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 0,4°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 69,9°
Solar Incidence Angle: 69° (meaning that the Sun is about 21° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 36,5° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025082_2295-PCF-LXTT-1.jpgUnnamed Crater with Gullies in Vastitas Borealis (CTX Frame + EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)113 visiteMars Local Time: 14:45 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 49,1° North Lat. and 21,1° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 335,5 Km (such as about 209,7 miles)
Original image scale range: 33,6 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 1 mt and 1 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 25,5°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 27,1°
Solar Incidence Angle: 48° (meaning that the Sun is about 42° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 38,0° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025118_2570_RED-PCF-LXTT-00A.jpgDefrosting Northern Dunes (CTX Frame "A" - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)98 visiteMars Local Time: 13:58 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 76,6° North Lat. and 104,1° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 317,7 Km (such as about 198,6 miles)
Original image scale range: 31,8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 95,0 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission Angle: 0,8°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 63,5°
Solar Incidence Angle: 63° (meaning that the Sun is about 27° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 39,2° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025118_2570_RED-PCF-LXTT-00B.jpgDefrosting Northern Dunes (CTX Frame "B" - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)83 visiteMars Local Time: 13:58 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 76,6° North Lat. and 104,1° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 317,7 Km (such as about 198,6 miles)
Original image scale range: 31,8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 95,0 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission Angle: 0,8°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 63,5°
Solar Incidence Angle: 63° (meaning that the Sun is about 27° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 39,2° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025118_2570_RED-PCF-LXTT-00C.jpgDefrosting Northern Dunes (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)90 visiteMars Local Time: 13:58 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 76,6° North Lat. and 104,1° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 317,7 Km (such as about 198,6 miles)
Original image scale range: 31,8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 95,0 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission Angle: 0,8°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 63,5°
Solar Incidence Angle: 63° (meaning that the Sun is about 27° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 39,2° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_025231_1720-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgFeatures of Jus Chasma (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)103 visiteThis image, taken by the NASA - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in December 2011, shows us a portion of Jus Chasma, a segment of the massive Martian Canyon System known as Vallis Marineris; the most important detail visible in the picture is given by the presence, within the Chasma, of a Fault (which, by the way, it had been previously imaged by the NASA - Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) - Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC).
If you look carefully towards the centre/right (Dx) side of the picture, you will also notice that a small Valley cuts across the Ridge. Planetary Scientists have asked themselves if what we see here could be the final result of the action of some Tectonic Process, and a Study that was carried out about this topic in the AD 2012, suggested that Mars actually possesses Tectonic Plates! However, and even admitting that what has been suggested by the aformentioned Study is actually true, the question about how these processes worked (or are still working, even though in just a "residual way"...) here and, perhaps, elsewhere on the Red Planet, is still unanswered.
Mars Local Time: 14:56 (Early Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 7,899° South Lat. and 279,399° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 287,5 Km (such as about 178,53 miles)
Original image scale range: 28,8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 86 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 24,3°
Phase Angle: 33,4°
Solar Incidence Angle: 50° (meaning that the Sun was about 40° above the Local Horizon at the time the picture was taken)
Solar Longitude: 43,2° (Northern Spring - Southern Fall)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer Italia
This picture (which is a NASA - Original Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter NON_Map Projected CTX b/w frame identified by the serial n. ESP_025231_1720 and a NASA - Original Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter EDM false-color frame identified by the serial n. ESP_025164_1655-1) have been additionally processed and then colorized (and re-colorized, respectively) in Absolute Natural Colors (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.MareKromium
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ESP_025237_1600_RED-PCF-LXTT-00.jpgFeatures of Hesperia Planum: recent Impact Crater superposing a "Wrinkle Ridge" (CTX Frame - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)122 visiteMars Local Time: 14:50 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 19,7° South Lat. and 114,9° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 256,8 Km (such as about 160,5 miles)
Original image scale range: 25,7 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 77 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 4,0°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 58,7°
Solar Incidence Angle: 56° (meaning that the Sun is about 34° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 43,4° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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