North Polar Residual CapHiRISE Image PSP_001416_2665 Image
PSP_001416_2665 was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science
Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter spacecraft on November 14, 2006. The complete image is
centered at 86.5 degrees latitude, 227.6 degrees East longitude.
The range to the target site was 318.4 km (199.0 miles). At this
distance the image scale is 31.9 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning)
so objects ~96 cm across are resolved. The image shown here has
been map-projected to 25 cm/pixel. The image was taken at a
local Mars time of 11:04 AM and the scene is illuminated from
the west with a solar incidence angle of 69 degrees, thus the
sun was about 21 degrees above the horizon. At a solar longitude
of 135.4 degrees, the season on Mars is Northern Summer. Images
from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment and
additional information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are
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