APRIL 20, 2005 TEAM E IMAGES

 

Shown below are the thirteen images targeted by the Team E students for the April 20, 2005 11-orbit sequence of the Mars 2001 Odyssey Spacecraft, and a MOLA map showing the location of all nineteen images targeted by both teams. Clicking on the number on the map will take you to the actual image.   The first three Pavonis Mons images were not the exact sites targeted by the students. ASU told us that their locations were too close together  to get actual photographs. There had to be some lag time between the images to give the THEMIS visible light camera time to reset. What the ASU scientists entered was a sequence that would try to match what the students wanted. They did a great job! The Ares Vallis image is the exact location targeted by by the students! South Uzboi channel was a bonus! It must have been a secondary target that they decided to give us - thank you! The two Vallis Marineris images were selected by ASU. Vallis unfortunately was in the dark during our orbit, so the student gave them his tentative target area, and they shot it during another orbit when the area was better illuminated. The two Terra Sabaea Images were alternate channel shots. One of these (#1) should provide great material for several proposals! Promethei Terra at first glance looks disappointing, but there are some real surprises in it for one of the groups!  Isidis Planitia was looking for a "Splosh" crater, and it found it! This shot originally wasn't going to work, but it really did! West Terra Cimmeria was an attempt to find a heavily cratered area in the southern hemisphere to find the ratio of different crater ages in the southern hemisphere, and compare it to the ratio in the northern. This image should be perfect.

I publicly want to thank the students who did the targeting during the two days we spent into the computer lab in early April. They had a truly unique experience, and made the most of it. ASU went far beyond where they had to go in providing us with so many images! Now the difficult task of interpreting the images begins.

Click on the thumbnails to get a larger version. Then, by clicking in the lower right corner of that new image, you can get a full view of what the students will be using to complete their proposals. Underneath the image is a location image that shows where the picture was photographed on Mars.

We have exclusive rights to these images for six months. During that time we must prepare our final proposals for submission to ASU. After that time, the images may be published on the THEMIS site, and made available to the entire scientific community.

 

CLICK THE YELLOW NUMBER ON THE MAP TO GO TO THE IMAGE!

 

IMAGE

COMMENT

1,2,3

These three images were the result of a random attempt to try and match the images of Pavonis Mons  requested by three different proposals! The original targets were so close together that the scientists couldn't guarantee if any of the actual requests could be met because the camera needs time to reset between each image. The results were spectacular!

4

The image is dominated by a channel with little country rock showing on either side. There is great detail in the bottom of the channel.

5

This is another channel image that shows a very old surface area. The channel contains a truly unique ancient crater feature.

6,12

The scientist wanted images of the north side of Valles Marineris to look for signs of water. Unfortunately the angle of the sun was wrong to do this. The ASU scientists targeted images for us looking for dendritic stream patterns in the walls of the valley. They were very successful!

7, 11

Splosh craters are truly unique! It is believed they are caused by an object hitting the surface of a terrestrial object and causing the material beneath the surface to liquify. Image #7 is dominated by a splosh crater. It shows incredible detail of the interior wall, and of the regolith on the exterior. At first glance, image #11 appears to be a disappointment. Not true! It is filled with splosh craters!

8

This is a magnificent channels image. Two channels are seen in the image. Giving it a quick look, the top channel appears to have a spine running the length of it. Closer examination reveals that the "spine" is actually a deposition feature!

9

This is an apparently old, old channel area. Everything about it is very muted and subdued.

10

The east side of the Hellas Basin was a very popular target. In this image a magnificent channel dominates the landscape. The detail shown in the walls and floor is fantastic!

13

This image could be titled The Old and the New. We're talking about craters here. The image is dominated by two huge craters - one very old, the other brand new!

14

There is so much in this image! It shows a sequence of deep grooves, and part of a huge crater. There is great detail in both the crater and the grooves!

15

Here is another old, old channel image. The detail in the bottom of the wide channel is incredible!

16

Our only dud! No image was returned, only shades of gray.

17

This image only shows one wall of a channel. It is one of our best images! It asks all kinds of questions that beg to be answered!

18

At first glance this image doesn't look very promising. But wait! What are those black lines? Only the aeolians know for sure!

19

Our final image shows another channel. This one has some interesting details in the southern wall where something very, very bad must have happened!
 

Numbers in Red Represent the Groups Using the Image for Their Proposal

FLANK OF PAVONIS MONS #1

IMAGE ID# V14857010

E11, E23

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE 85.6

4.5o N, 246.4o E

READ E11'S REPORT

E11'S TEAM PICTURE

READ E23'S REPORT

 SIDE OF PAVONIS MONS #2

IMAGE ID#V14857011

E11, E17

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  85.1

11.5o N, 246.0o E.5 N

 READ E11'S REPORT

READ E 17'S REPORT

FLOWS ON PAVONIS MONS #3

IMAGE ID# V14858001

E2, E11, E23

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  84.4

2.8o S, 245.4o E

READ E 2'S REPORT

READ E11'S REPORT

READ E23'S REPORT

ARES VALLIS

IMAGE ID# V14854006

E26

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE 86.6

10.7o N, 333.7o E

READ THEIR REPORT

 

SOUTHERN UZBOI VALLIS

IMAGE ID# V14855006

 

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE 79.8

36.8o S, 327.2o E


 


 


 


 


 

WEST VALLES MARINERIS

IMAGE ID# V14857001

E21

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  83.6

27.0o S, 125.5o E

READ THEIR REPORT

TEAM PICTURE

WEST VALLES MARINERIS

APRIL 24TH IMAGE

IMAGE ID# V14907001

E21

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  83.5

6.8o S, 271.4o E

READ THEIR REPORT

TERRA SABAEA #1

IMAGE ID# V14852005

E26

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  85.9

 

6.6o N, 30.9o E

 

READ THEIR REPORT

 

TERRA SABAEA #2

IMAGE ID# V14853001

E22

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  84.6

0.7o S, 29.9o E

READ THEIR REPORT

TEAM PICTURE

EAST HELLIS PLANITAS

IMAGE ID# V1485004

F19

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  79.6

39.7o S, 110.9o E


 


 


 


 


 

   

PROMETHEI TERRA

IMAGE ID# V14850006

E5

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE 78.9

53.7o S, 108.2o E

READ THEIR REPORT

ISIDIS PLANITIA

IMAGE ID# V14850012

E5

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE  87.0

12.3o N, 89.4o E

READ THEIR REPORT

WEST TERRA CIMMERIA

APRIL 23RD IMAGE

IMAGE ID# 14887006

E5, E9

SOLAR INCIDENCE ANGLE 80.5

27.0o S, 125.5o E

READ E5'S REPORT

READ E9'S REPORT