Frosty Crater

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Caption:

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This unnamed crater contains a small dune field in the central part of its floor. This image was collected in northern spring and the dunes are still frost covered. As the season moves into northern summer the dunes will shed the frost and appear dark.

Orbit Number: 61026 Latitude: 70.0473 Longitude: 352.633 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-09-16 15:39

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.

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