The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Spacecraft, launched August 12, 2005, has arrived at Mars in March, 2006. More MRO info:  http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/
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The Mars Climate Sounder is one instrument on the MRO, containing a NASA/JPL Thermopile linear IR array and BFE CMOS readout

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While this instrument is not intended as an imager, some recent calibration tests in Mars orbit produced this low spatial resolution thermal image of Mars:

 
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(Images courtesy of NASA)

 

(Images courtesy of NASA)

 

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