NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: THEMIS Images as Art #47

Jan. 31 through March 4 we will be showcasing images

for their aesthetic value, rather than their science

content. Portions of these images resemble things in

our everyday lives, from animals to letters of the

alphabet. We hope you enjoy our fanciful look at Mars!

Today we have a spectral vision that seems doomed to haunt Mars for eternity, or at least until the wind blows it into a new form.

[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