PIA11348: Complex Surface
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey
 Spacecraft:  2001 Mars Odyssey
 Instrument:  THEMIS
 Product Size:  1333 x 2910 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Arizona State University
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA11348.tif (3.883 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA11348.jpg (527.5 kB)

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Context image for PIA11348 Complex Surface
Context image for PIA11348
Complex Surface

This VIS image shows a portion of the eastern side of Aeolis Planum. The region has been extensively eroded by the wind. Relics of an earlier surface are located in the central part of the image, in the form of inverted channels. The material that filled in the channels is more resistant to the wind than the surrounding materials.

Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude -3.0N, Longitude 149.7E. 18 meter/pixel resolution.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical correction has been performed to remove instrumental effects. A linear shift has been applied in the cross-track and down-track direction to approximate spacecraft and planetary motion. Fully calibrated and geometrically projected images will be released through the Planetary Data System in accordance with Project policies at a later time.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, 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.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Addition Date:
2009-03-23