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Boreum Cavus

May 26, 2016
This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Boreum Cavus, at the interior end of Chasma Boreale.
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This VIS image shows part of Boreum Cavus, at the interior end of Chasma Boreale. The layered polar ice is easily identified in the upper part of the image. Boreum Cavus is an arcuate region where the polar ice thins, revealing the rockier surface of Chasma Boreale.

Orbit Number: 63205 Latitude: 84.9422 Longitude: 342.822 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-03-14 02:41

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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