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Originally Posted by Tinderboxsky
Yes, great image, Richard.
Whilst the wrinkles are about 360m high, I thought they are many kilometres wide. That would mean they are very slight inclines to climb. The slope would be almost undetectable. I could be totally wrong on this!
Views with these wrinkles casting shadows show them the in stark relief.
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Yes, Steve. Good Point. You've got me thinking about this.
If you look at the measured slope on the LAC Series Lunar Map for S Iridum it shows a measured slope of about 5km. A 360M drop over this distance is about a 7% gradient - Le Tour fans will know this is a semi-serious slope to climb.
So I suppose this is a pretty steep section given the distance measured down to the floor of the sinus.
Richard.