The above image was taken by the HiRise camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which has been orbiting Mars since 2006. Local Mars time: 3:25 PM. Latitude (centered): 37.3 °. Longitude (East): 229.1 °
Range to target site: 290.4 km. Original image scale range: 58.1 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~174 cm across are resolved. Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel and north is up. Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR. Emission angle: 0.9 °. Phase angle: 51.8 °. Solar incidence angle:. 51 °, with the Sun about 39 ° above the horizon . Solar longitude: 144.7 °, Northern Summer.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
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