Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Sand Sea in False Color (Released 27 January 2005)

Vital Statistics
Location: 73.7N, 323.0E	Released: 2005-01-27
Image Size: 20.5 x 73.0 km, 512 x 1824 px
Resolution: 40m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20050127a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20050127a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Detailed information on this image is available at the THEMIS Data Releases website.

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In false color THEMIS images at high latitudes ice/frost will typically appear as bright blue in color; dust mantled ice will appear in tones of red/orange.

This image is of part of the northern sand sea. The small dunes in the image are bluer than the ice/dust filled central crater.