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Streamlined Island

Nov. 30, 2012
The streamlined island in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is located in the channel of Marte Vallis.
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The streamlined island in this VIS image is located in the channel of Marte Vallis.

Orbit Number: 47605 Latitude: 12.4105 Longitude: 182.426 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-09-06 23:39

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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