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Juventae Chasma - False Color

Dec. 31, 2019
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Juventae Chasma, located north of Valles Marineris.
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This false color image shows part of Juventae Chasma. Located north of Valles Marineris, Juventae Chasma stretches for 180 kilometers (110 miles) east-west and 250 km (155 mi) north-south. Most of its floor lies 5,000 meters (16,000 feet) or more below the surrounding surface. Juventae Chasma is the source region for the outflow channel Maja Valles.

The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image.

Orbit Number: 65981 Latitude: -2.2663 Longitude: 298.189 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-10-28 18:05

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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