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Terra Cimmeria Crater Landslide

Aug. 24, 2022
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a part of an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. The finger-like projection from the southern rim towards the central peak is a landslide deposit.
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Today's VIS image shows a part of an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. The finger-like projection from the southern rim towards the central peak is a landslide deposit.

Orbit Number: 90663 Latitude: -21.8761 Longitude: 169.361 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2022-05-23 11:50

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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