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Sirenum Fossae

Nov. 29, 2016
This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Sirenum Fossae, a large graben on the margin between Terra Sirenum and Daedalis Planum.
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Today's VIS image shows part of Sirenum Fossae, a large graben on the margin between Terra Sirenum and Daedalis Planum. Grabens are formed by the downward movement of material between parallel tectonic faults.

Orbit Number: 65672 Latitude: -25.6345 Longitude: 220.325 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-10-03 07:01

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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