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Melas Chasma

April 23, 2010
This image taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows a portion of the floor of Melsa Chasma. Wind blown material is located in lows between layered floor materials.
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This VIS image shows a portion of the floor of Melsa Chasma. Wind blown material is located in lows between layered floor materials.

Orbit Number: 36357 Latitude: -11.5611 Longitude: 286.006 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-02-23 21:48

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.

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