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Western Amazonis Flow Featur
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PIA04489
Sol (our sun)
Thermal Emission Imaging Sys
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Western Amazonis Flow Features and Crater Interaction |
| Original Caption Released with Image |
Released 30 April 2003 The predominant feature in this THEMIS image is a large flooded crater. Are the flows lava or mud? Scientists don't agree. Once again Mars has one up on us Earthbound humans! 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 information: VIS instrument. Latitude 26.9, Longitude 191.1 East (168.9 West). 19 meter/pixel resolution. |
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Western Amazonis Flow Featur
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PIA04489
Sol (our sun)
Thermal Emission Imaging Sys
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Western Amazonis Flow Features and Crater Interaction |
| Original Caption Released with Image |
Released 30 April 2003 The predominant feature in this THEMIS image is a large flooded crater. Are the flows lava or mud? Scientists don't agree. Once again Mars has one up on us Earthbound humans! 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 information: VIS instrument. Latitude 26.9, Longitude 191.1 East (168.9 West). 19 meter/pixel resolution. |
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Layers Near Juventae Chasma
PIA04487
Sol (our sun)
Mars Orbiter Camera
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Layers Near Juventae Chasma |
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MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-346, 30 April 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture obtained in April 2003 shows eroded layered rock outcrops near the southwest rim of Juventae Chasma in the southern hemisphere. This area is near 4.8°S, 63.7°W. Layers such as these record some fraction of the geologic history of Mars, however, that history cannot really be known from pictures alone. The erosional pattern of these layers suggests that they are sedimentary rocks. The area shown is about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left. |
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