PIA24183: Ma'adim Vallis


Ma’adim Vallis

Caption:

Context image for PIA24183
Context image

This VIS image shows a small section of Ma’adim Valles. Ma’adim Valles is an outflow channel that starts in the southern lowlands and flows northward into Gusev crater, the home of the MER Spirit rover. Located in Terra Cimmeria, the channel is 700km (435 miles) long, with widths up to 20 km (12 miles) and depths to 2 km (1.2 miles) in places.

Orbit Number: 82901 Latitude: -24.5592 Longitude: 176.226 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-08-22 09:06

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 Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Mars Odyssey Spirit (MER-A)
Host Type Orbiter Rover
Instrument Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Detector
Extra Keywords Crater, Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2020-10-28
Date in Caption 2020-08-22
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24183
Identifier PIA24183