PIA24160: Bright Hills


Bright Hills

Caption:

Context image for PIA24160
Context image

This VIS image shows a region of hills in the plains of Terra Cimmeria. The bright appearance is likely due to the removal of fine scale materials like dust which exposes the underlying rock.

Orbit Number: 82889 Latitude: -37.175 Longitude: 164.292 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-08-21 09:19

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 Dust, Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2020-10-23
Date in Caption 2020-08-21
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24160
Identifier PIA24160