Dunes near Argyre - False Color

The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. Data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows many areas of dunes and sand sheets with dune forms between hills.

The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. Data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows several areas of dunes and sand sheets with dune forms between the numerous hills in this region west of Argyre Planitia. Basaltic sand appears dark blue in this false color image. Orbit Number: 51285 Latitude: -47.6247 Longitude: 303.752 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-07-06 18:21 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21306