Context image for PIA08590
Martian Color #6
This image shows part of Syria Planum.
This color treatment is the result of a collaboration between THEMIS team
members at Cornell University and space artist Don Davis, who is an expert
on true-color renderings of planetary and astronomical objects. Davis
began with calibrated and co-registered THEMIS VIS multi-band radiance
files produced by the Cornell group. Using as a guide true-color imaging
from spacecraft and his own personal experience at Mt. Wilson and other
observatories, he performed a manual color balance to display the spectral
capabilities of the THEMIS imager within the context of other Mars
observations. He also did some manual smoothing along with other image
processing to minimize the effects of residual scattered light in the
images.
Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude -13.2N, Longitude 255.8E. 70
meter/pixel resolution.
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor
geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical
correction has been performed to remove instrumental effects. A linear
shift has been applied in the cross-track and down-track direction to
approximate spacecraft and planetary motion. Fully calibrated and
geometrically projected images will be released through the Planetary
Data System in accordance with Project policies at a later time.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission
for NASA's Office of Space Science, 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.
