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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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ESP_026378_1730-PCF-LXTT-01.jpgFeatures of West Candor Chasma (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)131 visiteMars Local Time: 15:13 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 6,733° South Lat. and 284,485° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 266,6 Km (such as about 166,6 miles)
Original image scale range: 26,7 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 80 cm across are resolved (with 4 x 4 binning)
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 9,8°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 50,0°
Solar Incidence Angle: 57° (meaning that the Sun is about 33° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 82,4° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_026394_2160-PCF-LXTT-00.jpgHuge Dust Devil in Amazonis Planitia (CTX Frame - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team) 93 visiteMars Local Time: 15:02 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 35,5° North Lat. and 201,5° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 295,8 Km (such as about 184,9 miles)
Original image scale range: 31,9 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~ 1 mt and 18 cm across are resolved (with 4 x 4 binning)
Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 0,3°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 40,4°
Solar Incidence Angle: 40° (meaning that the Sun is about 50° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 83,0° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_026394_2160-PCF-LXTT-01.jpgHuge Dust Devil in Amazonis Planitia (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team) 90 visiteMars Local Time: 15:02 (early afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 35,5° North Lat. and 201,5° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 295,8 Km (such as about 184,9 miles)
Original image scale range: 31,9 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~ 1 mt and 18 cm across are resolved (with 4 x 4 binning)
Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 0,3°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 40,4°
Solar Incidence Angle: 40° (meaning that the Sun is about 50° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 83,0° (Northern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_027378_2540-PCF-LXTT-IPF-1A.jpgNorthern Dunes (CTX Frame "A" - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunexit Team)84 visiteThis Field of crescent-shaped Dunes (located at Lat. 73,62° North and 328,215° East Long.) is located just South of the North Polar Layered Terrain. These Dunes, known as "Barchan Dunes", usually form where there is a moderate supply of Sand and a Prevailing Wind Direction (meaning that they form in Regions where there are Dominant Winds). The "Arms" (or "Horns") of the Barchan Dunes point in the downwind direction and in this case this circumstance indicates that the Dominant Winds blow towards the North/West.
Mars Local Time: 14:42 (Early Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 73,622° North Lat. and 328,215° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 316,7 Km (such as about 198,0 miles)
Original image scale range: 63,4 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~ 1 mt and 90 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel
Map projection: POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission Angle: 1,9°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 57,6°
Solar Incidence Angle: 56° (meaning that the Sun is about 34° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 117,4° (Northern Summer - Southern Winter)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_027378_2540-PCF-LXTT-IPF-1B.jpgNorthern Dunes (CTX Frame "B" - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunexit Team)83 visiteThis Field of crescent-shaped Dunes (located at Lat. 73,62° North and 328,215° East Long.) is located just South of the North Polar Layered Terrain. These Dunes, known as "Barchan Dunes", usually form where there is a moderate supply of Sand and a Prevailing Wind Direction (meaning that they form in Regions where there are Dominant Winds). The "Arms" (or "Horns") of the Barchan Dunes point in the downwind direction and in this case this circumstance indicates that the Dominant Winds blow towards the North/West.
Mars Local Time: 14:42 (Early Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 73,622° North Lat. and 328,215° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 316,7 Km (such as about 198,0 miles)
Original image scale range: 63,4 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~ 1 mt and 90 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel
Map projection: POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission Angle: 1,9°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 57,6°
Solar Incidence Angle: 56° (meaning that the Sun is about 34° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 117,4° (Northern Summer - Southern Winter)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_027378_2540-PCF-LXTT-IPF-2.jpgNorthern Dunes (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunexit Team)82 visiteThe Dunes visible in this EDM are approximately 100 meters across and they are traversing a bumpy, hard Terrain. Polygonal Patterns are evident in some areas while numerous meter-scale Boulders are strewn throughout the whole Region. The Boulders are more numerous in areas where the Polygonal Patterns are less pronounced. Repeated imaging of this large Dunefield shall reveal whether these Dunes are presently moving (so-called "Migrating Dunes") or not.
Mars Local Time: 14:42 (Early Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 73,622° North Lat. and 328,215° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 316,7 Km (such as about 198,0 miles)
Original image scale range: 63,4 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~ 1 mt and 90 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel
Map projection: POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission Angle: 1,9°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 57,6°
Solar Incidence Angle: 56° (meaning that the Sun is about 34° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 117,4° (Northern Summer - Southern Winter)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_027451_2635_RED-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgFeatures of the North Polar Regions (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunexit Team)97 visiteThere is an Ice-Sheet at the North Pole of Mars that is a few miles thick at its center. At some places (like in this image) it ends in steep Cliffs that can be about 800 meters (2600 feet) high.
The Slopes of these Cliffs are almost vertical, which causes "Slab-like Blocks" of Ice to periodically (and, actually, quite often) break off and crash down onto the Surrounding Plains.
A dense Network of Cracks covers these Icy Cliff faces, thus making it easier for these Blocks to break free. New piles of Debris (located at the base of many of these Cliffs) have appeared in successive HiRISE images, and so the MRO Team shall regularly monitor sites like this in order to check for new Blocks that might have fallen. Understanding how these Cliffs are formed can help Scientists to better understand the "Climatic Record" which are stored in the Ice-Sheet itself.
Mars Local Time: 13:44 (Early Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 83,618° North Lat. and 119,827° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 320,5 Km (such as about 200,3 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: 0,1°
Sun - Mars - MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 62,8°
Solar Incidence Angle: 63° (meaning that the Sun is about 27° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 120,0° (Northern Summer - Southern Winter)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_027758_1530-1-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgWater-Ice in a Chlorite-bearing Escarpment in North/Western Hellas Planitia (CTX Fframe and EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)86 visiteA South-facing Escarpment located in the North/Western part of the Martian Region known as Hellas Planitia (a target that was chosen for the research of Phyllosilicates) showed us the presence, inside the Rocks (---> mostly in their horizontal cracks) forming it, of a pale bluish Material, barely visible in this Absolute Natural Color image. The CRISM Spectra of such Material showed that it consists of a combination of Chlorite and Water Ice. This image was captured by the NASA - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during the Southern Martian Winter, such as in the time period when the Southern Hemisphere's South-facing Escarpments (just like this one) of the Red Planet retain Water Ice Deposits that formed during that dark, long and extremely cold Season.
Mars Local Time: 15:36 (Middle Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 26,501° South Lat. and 55,094° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 268,2 Km (such as about 166,552 miles)
Original image scale range: 26,8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 80 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 18,0°
Phase Angle: 56,7°
Solar Incidence Angle: 69° (meaning that the Sun was about 21° above the Local Horizon at the time the picture was taken)
Solar Longitude: 131,4° (Northern Summer - Southern Winter)
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 false color EDM frame identified by the serial n. ESP_027758_1530-1) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and then re-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_027758_1530-2-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgWater-Ice in a Chlorite-bearing Escarpment in North/Western Hellas Planitia (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)100 visiteA South-facing Escarpment located in the North/Western part of the Martian Region known as Hellas Planitia (a target that was chosen for the research of Phyllosilicates) showed us the presence, inside the Rocks (---> mostly in their horizontal cracks) forming it, of a pale bluish Material, barely visible in this Absolute Natural Color image. The CRISM Spectra of such Material showed that it consists of a combination of Chlorite and Water Ice. This image was captured by the NASA - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during the Southern Martian Winter, such as in the time period when the Southern Hemisphere's South-facing Escarpments (just like this one) of the Red Planet retain Water Ice Deposits that formed during that dark, long and extremely cold Season.
Mars Local Time: 15:36 (Middle Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 26,501° South Lat. and 55,094° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 268,2 Km (such as about 166,552 miles)
Original image scale range: 26,8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 80 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 18,0°
Phase Angle: 56,7°
Solar Incidence Angle: 69° (meaning that the Sun was about 21° above the Local Horizon at the time the picture was taken)
Solar Longitude: 131,4° (Northern Summer - Southern Winter)
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 false color EDM frame identified by the serial n. ESP_027758_1530-1) has been additionally processed, magnified to aid the visibility of the details, contrast enhanced and then re-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_028321_1785_RED_NOMAP_browse-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgUnnamed Crater with "Lava-carved Gullies" (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)124 visiteMars Local Time: 15:33 (Middle Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 1,258° South Lat. and 161,856° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 270,3 Km (such as about 168,9 miles)
Original image scale range: 27,0 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~ 81 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 3,6°
Sun-Mars-MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 51,0°
Solar Incidence Angle: 54° (meaning that the Sun was about 36° above the Local Horizon of the imaged Region, at the time that the picture was taken)
Solar Longitude: 153,3° (Northern Summer- Southern Winter)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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ESP_028367_2085-PCF-LXTT-IPF.jpgClay-rich Bedrock (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)82 visiteThis image covers an exposure of Clay-rich Bedrock on the "shore" of the Northern Plains, North of Mawrth Vallis. The relatively bright areas reveal a Complex Terrain with a wide range of textures and colors.MareKromium
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ESP_028957_2085-PCF-LXTT-IPF-00A.jpgFeatures of Nilosyrtis Mensae (CTX Frame "A" - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)98 visiteMars Local Time: 15:34 (Middle Afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 28,286° North Lat. and 75,424° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 287,8 Km (such as about 179,9 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: 8,5°
Sun-Mars-MRO (or "Phase") Angle: 50,4°
Solar Incidence Angle: 59° (meaning that the Sun was about 31° above the Local Horizon of the imaged Region, at the time that the picture was taken)
Solar Longitude: 180,1° (Northern Autumn - Southern Spring)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer ItaliaMareKromium
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