Eberswalde Crater possible landing site (THEMIS_IOTD_20161109)
Today's false color image shows the delta deposit in Eberswalde Crater. Channels from the crater rim carried and deposited material from outside the crater. This site was on the shortlist as a landing site for the Curiosity rover, which eventually went to Gale Crater instead. And Eberswalde is currently the #4 candidate as a landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image.
This martian scene spans 19 x 66 kilometers (12 x 41 miles). To see where on Mars this area lies, and to download high-resolution versions of the image, go to bit.ly/2fCDrzn
See the Red Planet Report at bit.ly/14KXe4O for updates on Mars research and exploration. For more about Mars geology, check out the Mars-ePedia: bit.ly/1fnXbhw
For the latest THEMIS Mars images as received by mission scientists, see bit.ly/1d6HA7o . To learn more about the THEMIS camera and its Mars images, see bit.ly/13YOfgm .
This image is in the public domain and may be republished free of charge, but if used it should be credited as NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University.
Eberswalde Crater possible landing site (THEMIS_IOTD_20161109)
Today's false color image shows the delta deposit in Eberswalde Crater. Channels from the crater rim carried and deposited material from outside the crater. This site was on the shortlist as a landing site for the Curiosity rover, which eventually went to Gale Crater instead. And Eberswalde is currently the #4 candidate as a landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image.
This martian scene spans 19 x 66 kilometers (12 x 41 miles). To see where on Mars this area lies, and to download high-resolution versions of the image, go to bit.ly/2fCDrzn
See the Red Planet Report at bit.ly/14KXe4O for updates on Mars research and exploration. For more about Mars geology, check out the Mars-ePedia: bit.ly/1fnXbhw
For the latest THEMIS Mars images as received by mission scientists, see bit.ly/1d6HA7o . To learn more about the THEMIS camera and its Mars images, see bit.ly/13YOfgm .
This image is in the public domain and may be republished free of charge, but if used it should be credited as NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University.