NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: The Dichotomy Boundary

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This image shows an example of the terrain that is present at the boundary
between the southern highlands and the northern lowlands (the famous
“dichotomy boundary”). This image is located on that boundary in Elysium
Planitia, not too far north of Gusev Crater. The high ground appears to be
eroding away, breaking into blocks that almost look like they are disintegrating.

[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