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Halley Crater Dunes

Dec. 6, 2018
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Halley Crater, located on the western side of Argyre Planitia. Sand dunes cover part of the crater floor.

Halley Crater is located on the western side of Argyre Planitia. Sand dunes cover part of the crater floor.

Orbit Number: 74805 Latitude: -47.8668 Longitude: 301.231 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2018-10-25 16:25

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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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