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Nili Fossae

July 20, 2016
Nili Fossae is a large band of parallel graben located to the northeast of Syrtis Major. The graben in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft were formed by tectonic activity.
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Nili Fossae is a large band of parallel graben located to the northeast of Syrtis Major. The graben in this VIS image were formed by tectonic activity, with faulting that creates the linear depression.

Orbit Number: 64105 Latitude: 23.3115 Longitude: 78.6126 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-05-27 05:24

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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