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Ceraunius Tholus

Nov. 12, 2010
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit caldera of Ceraunius Tholus, one of the smaller volcanoes of the Tharsis region.
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This VIS image shows part of the summit caldera of Ceraunius Tholus, one of the smaller volcanoes of the Tharsis region.

Orbit Number: 38990 Latitude: 23.9003 Longitude: 262.72 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-09-28 18:47

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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