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06.05.2011
HRSC Press Release #505 - Nili Fossae (orbit 5270)
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	 Perspective view [1]  | 
	
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	 Context Map [2]  | 
	
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	 Color-coded elevation model [3]  | 
	
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	 Feature Map [4]  | 
	
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	 Nadir Image [5]  | 
	
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	 RGB Colour Image [6]  | 
	
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	 Red-cyan anaglyph [7]  | 
	
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	 Perspective view #2 [8]  | 
	
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	 Perspective view #3 [9]  | 
	
The surface material on the southwestern image border is colored much darker than the rest of the area (4). Most likely this material is basaltic rock or volcanic ash originating from Syrtis Major. These lava blankets are known on Earth as well. They form when large amounts of low viscosity basaltic magma overcome long distances before it cools down and solidifies. The ”Dekkan Traps” in India are such an example which cover an area of approximately 500.000 km², roughly the size of France.
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	 Perspective view #4[10]  | 
	
Nili Fossae interests planetary scientists because observations taken with telescopes on the Earth and published in 2009 have shown that there is a significant enhancement in Mars' atmospheric methane over this area, suggesting that methane may be being produced there. Its origin is remains mysterious, however, and could be geological or perhaps even biological.
Die Farbansichten wurden aus dem senkrecht blickenden Nadirkanal und den Farbkanälen erstellt, die Schrägansicht wurde aus den Stereokanälen der HRSC berechnet. Die Anaglyphen werden aus dem Nadirkanal und einem Stereokanal abgeleitet. Die schwarzweißen Detailaufnahmen wurden dem Nadirkanal entnommen, der von allen Kanälen die höchste Auflösung zur Verfügung stellt.
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 high resolution images were derived form the nadir channel which provides the highest detail of all channels.
	Das  Kameraexperiment  HRSC   auf  der  Mission  Mars  Express   der
	Europäischen  Weltraumorganisation   ESA   wird   vom  Principal   Investigator   Prof.  Dr.
	Gerhard Neukum  (Freie  Universität   Berlin), der  auch  die  technische  Konzeption    der
	hochauflösenden        Stereokamera        entworfen        hatte,       geleitet.       Das
	Wissenschaftsteam  besteht   aus   40  Co-Investigatoren  aus    33  Institutionen und  zehn
	Nationen. Die Kamera  wurde am  Deutschen Zentrum  für Luft- und  Raumfahrt (DLR) unter  der
	Leitung des Principal  Investigators (PI)  G.  Neukum  entwickelt und   in Kooperation   mit
	industriellen  Partnern   gebaut  (EADS Astrium,   Lewicki  Microelectronic  GmbH und   Jena
	-Optronik GmbH).  Sie  wird  vom  DLR   -Institut für  Planetenforschung in Berlin-Adlershof
	betrieben.  Die systematische  Prozessierung der  Daten erfolgt  am DLR.  Die Darstellungen
	wurden vom  Institut für   Geologische Wissenschaften   der  FU   Berlin  in  Zusammenarbeit
	mit  dem  DLR-Institut  für Planetenforschung erstellt.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 
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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	hochaufgelöste Bilddaten / high resolution image data 
	
	
	
| Context Map [2]: | 
| Color-coded elevation model [3]: | 
| Feature Map [4]: | 
| Nadir Image [5]: | 
| RGB Colour Image [6]: | 
| Red-cyan anaglyph [7]: | 
| Perspective view [1]: | 
| Perspective view #2 [8]: | 
| Perspective view #3 [9]: | 
| Perspective view #4[10]: | 
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