Description
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This VIS image crosses most of Hecates Tholus. The circular feature in the bottom half of the image is the summit caldera. This volcano is located on the northern part of the Elysium Volcanic Complex. Hecates Tholus is 5.3 km (3.3 miles) high and 182 km (113 miles) across.
Orbit Number: 85360 Latitude: 32.2672 Longitude: 150.166 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-03-12 20:36
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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.
