Today's VIS image shows a section of Bahram Vallis. This channel is located in northern Lunae Planum, south of Kasei Valles. Bharam Vallis drains from the higher elevations of Lunae Planum towards the Chryse Planitia basin. This channel is over 300km long (186miles). In this image Bahram Vallis enters Waspam Crater (right side of image) and then exits the crater (top right corner).
Orbit Number: 81374 Latitude: 20.3853 Longitude: 303.032 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-04-18 15:46
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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.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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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 | 2020-06-22 | |
Date in Caption | 2020-04-18 | |
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23956 | |
Identifier | PIA23956 |