Perspective view of Hadley Crater from the northeast
Perspective view of Hadley Crater from the northeast
Realistic perspective views of the surface of Mars can be generated from data acquired by the stereo and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, which are oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the planet's surface. This image shows Hadley Crater, which lies to the west of the Al-Qahira Vallis (Arabic for 'Mars'), in the transition zone between the ancient, southern highlands and the younger lowlands. The crater offers a view almost 2600 metres into the Martian crust, made possible by three nested craters. The southern part of the crater rim has a much less steeply inclined flank than the rim opposite it and exhibits features indicative of mass flows from the south.
Copyright note:
As a joint undertaking by DLR, ESA and FU Berlin, the Mars Express HRSC images are published under a Creative Commons licence since December 2014: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. This licence will also apply to all HRSC images released to date.