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Central Pit Crater

June 2, 2015
This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra. This crater has a pit in the center of the floor of the crater.
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Today's VIS image shows an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra. This crater has a pit in the center of the floor of the crater. Craters can have several different features at this location, including a peak, a pit, or a smooth floor.

Orbit Number: 59099 Latitude: -27.2598 Longitude: 347.826 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-04-10 22:06

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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