Mars: Elorza Crater | NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA first imaged this central depression in Elorza Crater in 2007, where we found plenty of recurring slope lineae (RSL). This observation was taken during the Martian summer of 2011, and we wanted to monitor any changes and understand the possible activity of those RSL. This clip cover the central portion of our observation in enhanced color, and is less than 1 km across.
Elorza Crater is about 40 kilometers in diameter and is located approximately 300 kilometers to the north of Valles Marineris. Its floor contains several deposits of material with heavily cratered surfaces, overlying a less-cratered substrate.
This is a non-narrated clip with ambient sound. The enhanced color image is less than 5 km (3 mi) across and the spacecraft altitude was 260 km (162 mi).
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Duration: 3 minutes, 29 seconds
Release Date: Nov. 29, 2022
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