kids encyclopedia robot

Image: PIA15567storm

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image ‎(1,148 × 2,776 pixels, file size: 107 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Spring time brings storms to the north polar region of Mars. This VIS image shows a storm front, as bright clouds shadow and obscure the surface. Orbit Number: 45266 Latitude: 75.313 Longitude: 330.479 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-02-27 10:49 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.
Title: PIA15567storm
Credit: PIA15567: Storm Front http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15567 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA15567.jpg
Author: Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: PD
Attribution Required?: No

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.