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Micoud Crater

Nov. 6, 2019
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the southeastern portion of Micoud Crater. Micoud Crater is located in Vastitas Borealis.
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Today's VIS image shows the southeastern portion of Micoud Crater. Micoud Crater is located in Vastitas Borealis. A small group of sand dunes is located on the floor of the crater, visible in the upper left portion of the image.

Orbit Number: 78913 Latitude: 50.1533 Longitude: 16.7858 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-09-29 00:35

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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