PIA24856: Hyblaeus Fossae


Hyblaeus Fossae

Caption:

Context image for PIA24856
Context image

Today's VIS image shows part of Hyblaeus Fossae. Hyblaeus Fossae is located southwest of Elysium Mons and is just one of many tectonic graben located around the entire Elysium volcanic complex. Hyblaeus Fossae is 375 km (233 miles) long.

Orbit Number: 85610 Latitude: 20.057 Longitude: 139.715 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-04-02 10:34

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 Grayscale, Mountain, Thermal, Volcano
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2021-08-30
Date in Caption 2021-04-02
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24856
Identifier PIA24856