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12.03.2008
HRSC Press Release #368 - Promethei Planum (orbit 2169)
]')) Perspective view #1 |
On 22 September 2005 the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), under the leadership of the Principal Investigator Prof. Dr. Gerhard Neukum of Freie Universitaet Berlin, onboard the ESA spacecraft Mars Express obtained image data in orbit 2169 with a ground resolution of approximately 40 meters per pixel. The data were acquired in the region of Promethei Planum at approximately 76° southern latitude and 105° eastern longitude.
]')) Context Map |
The northern part of the image exhibits an approximately 100 kilometres large impact crater (1). The interior of the 800 meters deep crater is partly covered by ice. Structures of a, presumably basaltic, lava flow are clearly visible south of the crater, almost in the image centre (2). It is partly covered with snow or frost. The dark-coloured dunes are most likely made up of dust originating from this lava flow or volcanic ash (3).
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A broad ice shield is located south of the lava flow. The steep flanks clearly exhibit white, clean ice (4). The thickness of the ice shield is between 900 and 1100 meters.
]')) Color-coded elevation model |
Newest data of the MARSIS Experiment onboard the European “Mars Express&rdquro; spacecraft revealed that the thickness of the South Pole ice shield exceeds 3500 meters. Including the North Pole ice shield, the polar caps compose the largest water reservoir on Mars today.
]')) Nadir Image #1 |
Würde dieses Eis abschmelzen, so wäre die gesamte Oberfläche des Mars von einer mehr als 11 Meter tiefen Wasserschicht bedeckt.
If polar ice melted, the entire surface of Mars would be covered by an ocean eleven meters deep.
]')) Perspective view #2 |
The colour scenes have been derived from the three HRSC-colour channels and the nadir channel. The perspective views have been calculated from the digital terrain model derived from the stereo channels. The anaglyph image was calculated from the nadir and one stereo channel. The black and white images were derived from the nadir channel which provides the highest detail of all channels.
]')) RGB Colour Image #1 |
]')) Red-cyan anaglyph #1 |
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© Copyright: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
Contact Person FU Berlin:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Neukum
Principal Investigator HRSC Experiment
Freie Universitaet Berlin
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften
Fachrichtung Planetologie und Fernerkundung
Tel.: +49 30-83870-579
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Principal Investigator HRSC Experiment
Freie Universitaet Berlin
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften
Fachrichtung Planetologie und Fernerkundung
Tel.: +49 30-83870-579
Mobile: +49 171-7647177
Fax.: +49 30-83870-188
E-Mail:
Contact Person DLR-Berlin:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Jaumann
HRSC Experiment-Manager
Co-Investigator (Co-I) HRSC Experiment
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Planetenforschung, Planetengeologie Berlin
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Fax: +49 30-67055-402
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HRSC Experiment-Manager
Co-Investigator (Co-I) HRSC Experiment
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Planetenforschung, Planetengeologie Berlin
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Fax: +49 30-67055-402
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