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| Moving NASA's Mars Odyssey to a different orbit has increased the sensitivity and efficiency of THEMIS. | |
| A new feature in Google Earth 5.0 lets anyone, anywhere suggest places on Mars for THEMIS to photograph. | |
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THEMIS scientists are tracking a dust storm that erupted on Mars in March 2009 |
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As Mars Odyssey turned to listen to the Phoenix lander, the THEMIS camera caught an oblique view of craters, the dusty atmosphere, and the edge of the planet. |
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| THEMIS Discoveries | |
 | 1. Rover landing site
chosen Scientists landed the Mars
Exploration Rover Opportunity on Meridiani Planum because data from
THEMIS and TES showed
signs of water in its rocks and surface
materials.
(JGR, 2004; Icarus, 2005) |
 | 2. Martian polar riddle
solved Scientists use THEMIS data to find the cause of dark
markings that appear every spring on Mars' south polar cap.
(Nature,
2006) |
 | 3. Water ice confirmed
at Mars polar cap THEMIS images have provided the first
direct observations of
exposed water ice at the southern polar cap of Mars. (Science,
2003) |
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