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Eastern Hebes Chasma

Jan. 14, 2022
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of eastern Hebes Chasma. The floor of the chasma is covered with chaotic materials, some from landslides and other layered deposits of unknown origin.
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Today's VIS image shows part of eastern Hebes Chasma. The floor of the chasma is covered with chaotic materials, some from landslides and other layered deposits of unknown origin. Hebes Chasma is a closed basin north of Valles Marineris. It measures 126km wide north/south (78 miles), 315 km long east/west (196 miles), and 8 km (5 miles) at its deepest point.

Orbit Number: 88001 Latitude: -1.32567 Longitude: 284.971 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-10-16 07:20

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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