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Arsia Mons Flows

Jan. 10, 2013
The lava flows in image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of the vast flow field originating from Arsia Mons.
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The lava flows in today's VIS image are part of the vast flow field originating from Arsia Mons.

Orbit Number: 48253 Latitude: -18.9354 Longitude: 243.063 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-10-30 05:48

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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