Arabia Terra

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Caption:

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The pits and channels in the VIS image are located along the margin between Arabia Terra and Acidalia Planitia. Arabia Terra is one of the oldest surface regions on Mars and contains a large variety of surface features.

Orbit Number: 77916 Latitude: 30.7624 Longitude: 345.182 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-07-08 22:06

Background Info:

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

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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