JavaScript is required
JPL Logo
Image

Channel

Jan. 4, 2011
The channel seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is located within the Tharsis volcanic flows. It was most likely carved by the flow of molten lava.
Context Image

This channel is located within the Tharsis volcanic flows. It was most likely carved by the flow of molten lava.

Orbit Number: 39702 Latitude: 17.3086 Longitude: 240.901 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-11-26 09:52

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.

Keep Exploring