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Debris Flow

April 8, 2015
This infrared image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows bright toned material, which is warmer than dark toned surfaces. Material has moved downslope from the top of this hill in Promethei Terra.
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Today's THEMIS image was taken using the infrared camera. Bright toned material is warmer than dark toned surfaces. Material has moved downslope from the top of this hill in Promethei Terra. The resultant lobe of material is called a debris flow deposit.

Orbit Number: 58321 Latitude: -42.5972 Longitude: 107.892 Instrument: IR Captured: 2015-02-05 20:42

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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