Arabia Terra Channel

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Caption:

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Today's VIS image is located in northern Arabia Terra. This region is dissected with numerous unnamed channels of all sizes and complexities. The channel in this image is one of many small tributary channels that coalesce into larger channels that eventually empty into the lower elevation northern plains.

Orbit Number: 79337 Latitude: 35.3761 Longitude: 26.7559 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-11-02 22:26

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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