Schiaparelli in colour
Date: 02 November 2016
Satellite: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Composite of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module elements seen by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on 1 November 2016. Both the main impact site (top) and the region with the parachute and rear heatshield (bottom left) are now captured in the central portion of the HiRISE imaging swath that is imaged through three different filters, enabling a colour image to be constructed. The front heatshield (bottom right) lies outside the central colour imaging swath.
The colours have been graded according to the specific region to best reveal the contrast of features against the martian background.
These images are in raw image geometry rather than map-projected, and north is about 7º west of straight up.
For detailed description see: Schiaparelli crash site in colour.
