As I understand it this is the explanation for sun azimuth from MSSS:
Sun azimuth
In a raw or unprocessed MOC image, this is the angle in degrees clockwise from a line drawn from the center to the right edge of the image to the direction of the sun at the time the image was acquired. This number allows the user to determine "which way is the sun coming from in my image?"
For images that have been map-projected so that north is to the top of the frame, the sun azimuth can be determined relative to north by subtracting the north azimuth from the sun azimuth. The resulting number (positive clockwise) gives the sun azimuth relative to the top of the frame.
So basically the sun azimuth is in this case 68.89 degrees clockwise from a horizontal line which makes it coming from around the bottom of the photo. Are you saying this data is wrong or that I am interpreting this wrong?
Since the branches have a lighter section on their bottoms that translates to being above ground.
This photo is also a reimaging of M0902042 so we can check this:
http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/m07_m12/images/M09/M0902042.html
You'll see the same crater around the top of the photo though in the unprocessed image this is flipped compared to E1201762. Especially down the bottom of the image the sun seems to be coming down. That would also make this a hill not a crater.
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