PIA18542: More Polar Dunes


More Polar Dunes

Caption:

Context image for PIA18542
Context image

This VIS image shows part of the large dune field called Olympia Undae. There are hills in this region, and the dunes are concentrated in the lower elevations.

Orbit Number: 54834 Latitude: 79.539 Longitude: 233.335 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2014-04-24 20:41

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 2014-07-21
Date in Caption 2014-04-24
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18542
Identifier PIA18542