THEMIS: Crater – false color

Sand pit crater in Acidalia (THEMIS_IOTD_20160107)THEMIS Image of the Day, January 7, 2016. The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The 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 images shows an unnamed crater in Acidalia Planitia. The “dark blue” material is likely basaltic sand.

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