PIA19441: More Sirenum Fossae


More Sirenum Fossae

Caption:

Context image for PIA19441
Context image

The subtle paired fractues at the bottom of this VIS image are part of Sirenum Fossae, though it is hundreds of km away from yesterday's image location. Numerous gullies at the top of the image are located on the intersection of two crater rims.

Orbit Number: 58618 Latitude: -38.9581 Longitude: 181.314 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-03-02 07:36

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 Crater, Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2015-05-01
Date in Caption 2015-03-02
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19441
Identifier PIA19441