 | 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) |
 | 4. Melting snow carved
gullies Water
from melting snow eroded many of the geologically recent gullies on
Mars. (Nature, 2003) |
 | 5. Aram Chaos was once
a lake Aram
Chaos is an ancient impact crater containing a thick stack of sediments
deposited underwater. (JGR, 2005) |
 | 6. Granite-like rocks
discovered Granite,
a rock type common on Earth, has been found for the first
time on Mars in two craters in Syrtis Major.
(JGR, 2004) |
 | 7. Olivine-rich rocks point to
cold, dry
martian past THEMIS mapped extensive
exposures of olivine-rich
rocks. These exposures and others suggest the planet has been
dry for much of its
history. (Geology, 2005; JGR, 2005) |
 | 8. Evolved lavas on
Syrtis Major At Syrtis Major, THEMIS found volcanos and
flows of dacite, a
chemically evolved lava that implies a complex volcanic history for
Mars.
(Nature, 2005) |
 | 9. Mars has complex
volcanic
processes On Mars, the diversity of volcanic rocks and the
complexity
of volcanic processes rivals that of Earth. (Nature,
2005; JGR, 2004; Geology, 2005) |
 | 10. Mars has more
channels than previously thought THEMIS
images hint that erosion by water
was more widespread than assumed, but may have been episodic.
(Science,
2004) |
 | 11. Source of Mars meteorites
found? A young crater named Zunil may be
the source for some meteorites that have come from Mars.
(Icarus, 2005) |
 | 12. Mars makes rocks --
lots of them THEMIS
images show Mars is producing rocks
about as fast as erosion is destroying them. (Science, 2003;
JGR, 2003, Icarus, 2002; LPSC, 2003) |
 | 13. Mars has large expanses with exposed
bedrock THEMIS data show winds have swept many areas of
martian bedrock clear of sedimentary debris.
(Science, 2003; JGR, 2005) |
 | 14. THEMIS finds a landing spot for
Phoenix Fields of giant boulders threatened to
destroy the Phoenix Mars lander on touchdown until THEMIS found safer
landing sites. |
