PIA16320: Olympia Undae


Olympia Undae

Caption:

Context image for PIA16320
Context image

Today's VIS image shows a part of Olympia Undae, the largest dune field near the north polar cap. In this region, the dunes are spaced far enough apart to show the detail of the surface they are moving across.

Orbit Number: 47095 Latitude: 79.6934 Longitude: 149.575 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-07-26 23:56

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 Dune, Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2012-10-09
Date in Caption 2012-07-26
Image Credit NASA/JPL/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16320
Identifier PIA16320