Features of Aureum Chaos (Extremely Enhanced Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)

Note: the THEMIS VIS camera is capable of capturing color images of the Martian Surface using 5 different color filters. In this mode of operation, the spatial resolution and coverage of the image must be reduced to accommodate the additional data volume produced from using multiple filters. To make a color image, 3 of the 5 filter images (each in grayscale) are selected. Each is contrast enhanced and then converted to a red, green, or blue intensity image.
These 3 images are then combined to produce a full color, single image BUT, since the THEMIS color filters DO NOT span the full range of colors seen by the human eye, a color THEMIS image DOES NOT represent true color. Also, because each single-filter image is contrast enhanced before inclusion in the 3-color image, the apparent color variation of the scene is exaggerated. Nevertheless, the color variation that does appear is representative of some change in color, however subtle, in the actual scene. The long edges of THEMIS color images typically contain color artifacts that do not represent or imply actual Surface Variations.


Image information: VIS instrument;
Latitude 3,6° South;
Longitude 332,9° East (such as 27,1° West);
Resolution: 35 meter/pixel.