PIA15750: Maja Valles


Maja Valles

Caption:

Context image for PIA15750
Context image

The streamlined island in this image formed within the channel of Maja Valles. The flow of water was deflected by the crater leaving material in the lee of the crater and indicating that the flow of water was from the bottom of the image towards the top.

Orbit Number: 45978 Latitude: 15.8632 Longitude: 302.014 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-04-26 01:39

Background Info:

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission 2001 Mars Odyssey
Instrument Host Mars Odyssey
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Detector
Extra Keywords Crater, Grayscale, Thermal, Water
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2012-07-19
Date in Caption 2012-04-26
Image Credit NASA/JPL/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15750
Identifier PIA15750