PIA14089: Ascraeus Mons


Ascraeus Mons

Caption:

Context image for PIA14089
Context image

This VIS image shows part of the eastern flank of Ascraeus Mons, one of the large Tharsis Volcanoes. The circular pits all aligned in a row mark the collapse of the roof of a lava tube.

Orbit Number: 41099 Latitude: 12.5609 Longitude: 258.812 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2011-03-21 10:32

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 Grayscale, Mountain, Thermal, Volcano
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2011-04-30
Date in Caption 2011-03-21
Image Credit NASA/JPL/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14089
Identifier PIA14089