Channel and Delta

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Caption:

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This VIS image shows two channels. The channel in the center of the image ends in a crater, where it has created a delta deposit. These unnamed craters and channels are located on the northeastern margin of Icaria Planum.

Orbit Number: 59152 Latitude: -38.9394 Longitude: 256.97 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-04-15 06:54

Background Info:

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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