PIA13297: Dunes


Dunes

Caption:

Context image for PIA13297
Context image

This unnamed crater in the far northern lowlands contains a sand sheet with dune forms on its floor. Many craters this close to the pole contain similar dune fields.

Orbit Number: 37565 Latitude: 71.8842 Longitude: 344.999 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-06-03 10:27

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, Dune, Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2010-07-23
Date in Caption 2010-06-03
Image Credit NASA/JPL/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13297
Identifier PIA13297