NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Tyrrhena Patera 10-13-2004

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This week we will be examining images of Tyrrhena Patera and

its surroundings. Tyrrhena Patera is one of several moderate

sized volcanoes located in the Martian southern highlands.

While the volcanic edifice is only moderate in size (when

compared to the larger Tharsis volcanoes), the surrounding

volcanic materials cover an extensive area. Deep eroded channels

on the slope of the volcano indicate that the volcano itself

is likely composed of pyroclastic materials rather than flow

materials.

[Source: ASU THEMIS Science Team]

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA’s Office of Space Science, 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.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University