PIA13407: Aurorae Chaos


Aurorae Chaos

Caption:

Context image for PIA13407
Context image

Located at the eastern end of Vallis Marineris is the region of chaos called Aurorae. Today's VIS image is from the northern part of Aurorae Chaos and contains mesas separated by complex low lying regions.

Orbit Number: 38527 Latitude: -5.04156 Longitude: 325.171 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-08-21 13:58

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 Mariner
Instrument Host Mars Odyssey
Host Type Orbiter Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2010-09-22
Date in Caption 2010-08-21
Image Credit NASA/JPL/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13407
Identifier PIA13407