Released 19 September 2003

Like Arsia Mons to the south, the massive volcano Pavonis Mons displays an aureole deposit at the base of its western flank. This image captures details of the volcanic landscape out in front of the ridged deposit, showing lava flow lobes and channels with levees. In addition to the prominent arcuate ridges of the aureole deposit, a set of much smaller ridges oriented in a NW-SE direction are evident that may be the product of wind activity.

Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude 5, Longitude 242.2 East (117.6 West). 19 meter/pixel resolution.

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.