Investigating Mars: Russell Crater

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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This image shows the western section of the large sand ridge on the floor of Russell Crater. This is also the northern extent of the dune field. The crest of the large ridge runs from lower right to upper left. Smaller dune ridges intersect the large ridge perpendicular to the crest. Russell Crater is located in Noachis Terra. A spectacular dune ridge and other dune forms on the crater floor have caused extensive imaging.

The Odyssey spacecraft has spent over 15 years in orbit around Mars, circling the planet more than 69000 times. It holds the record for longest working spacecraft at Mars. THEMIS, the IR/VIS camera system, has collected data for the entire mission and provides images covering all seasons and lighting conditions. Over the years many features of interest have received repeated imaging, building up a suite of images covering the entire feature. From the deepest chasma to the tallest volcano, individual dunes inside craters and dune fields that encircle the north pole, channels carved by water and lava, and a variety of other feature, THEMIS has imaged them all. For the next several months the image of the day will focus on the Tharsis volcanoes, the various chasmata of Valles Marineris, and the major dunes fields. We hope you enjoy these images!

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V26659014 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-54.0179
12.8638
26659
2007-12-18 08:26
Thu, 2017-08-03
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017118 km/pixel
0.0173527 km/pixel

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