Monday, August 19, 2013

Oblique look deep into the heart of Lowell crater

Lowell (LROC oblique)
Oblique LROC Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) mosaic of Lowell crater (62.65 km - 12.96°S, 256.58°E), super-positioned (or is it?) on the northeast quadrant of the Orientale basin. LROC NAC observations M1108918822R & L, spacecraft orbit 15696, November 30, 2012; angle of incidence 80.52° averaging 3 meters per pixel resolution (spacecraft and camera slew -62.35° from 91.55 km over 12.81°S, 262.88°) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Named for the one and only Percival Lawrence Lowell (March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916), popularizer of Mars lore in the late 19th century, and celebrated in part also by Clyde Tombaugh when he chose a name for "Pluto" in 1930, in the first two letters of that now "former planet's" Olympian moniker.
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Looking north over Lowell and the northwest Orientale basin. LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) global mosaic draped on LOLA laser altimetry using NASA ILIADS application [NASA/GSFC/MSFC/ASU].
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