PIA17785: Shadows


Shadows

Caption:

Context image for PIA17785
Context image

The shadow in today's VIS image is being cast by the steep margin on the eastern flank of Olympus Mons.

Orbit Number: 52723 Latitude: 16.5295 Longitude: 230.997 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-11-02 03:46

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 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Instrument Host Mars Odyssey Mars Global Surveyor
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale, Mountain, Shadow, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2013-12-23
Date in Caption 2013-11-02
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17785
Identifier PIA17785