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15.02.2008
HRSC Press Release #362 - Candor Chasma (orbit 3195)
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On 6 July 2006 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 3195 with a ground resolution of approximately 20 meters per pixel. The data were acquired in the region of Candor Chasma at approximately 6° southern latitude and 290° eastern longitude.
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Candor Chasma is a northern valley of Valles Marineris, an approximately 3000-kilometer long canyon system on Mars. It is part of the radial graben system induced by the volcanic uplift of the Tharsis bulge.
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The graben floor exhibits mesa-like mountains (3) with characteristic layering known as “Interior Layered Deposits”. These rise up to 1200 meters above the graben floor.
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Different theories exist regarding the diagenesis of Candor Chasma. One is, that the Tharsis volcanism was associated with an uprising of the entire area. I the course of the uprising a lot of stress was exerted on the crust which thinned out and formed large grabens. This process is known as extensional tectonics.
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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.
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The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) experiment on the ESA Mars Express Mission is led by the Principal Investigator (PI) Prof. Dr. Gerhard Neukum who also designed the camera technically. The science team of the experiment consists of 40 Co-Investigators from 33 institutions and 10 nations. The camera was developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) under the leadership of the PI G. Neukum and built in cooperation with industrial partners (EADS Astrium, Lewicki Microelectronic GmbH and Jena-Optronik GmbH). The experiment on Mars Express is operated by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, through ESA/ESOC. The systematic processing of the HRSC image data is carried out at DLR. The scenes shown here were created by the PI-group at the Institute for Geological Sciences of the Freie Universitaet Berlin in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin.
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