PIA17615: Shalbatana Vallis


Shalbatana Vallis

Caption:

Context image for PIA17615
Context image

Today's VIS image shows several features in Shalbatana Vallis. There is a tributary channel that appears to have created a delta deposit in the upper half of the image, and several landslide deposits in the lower half of the image.

Orbit Number: 52158 Latitude: 2.906 Longitude: 316.768 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-09-16 16:03

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, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2013-11-05
Date in Caption 2013-09-16
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17615
Identifier PIA17615