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Sisyphi Cavi

May 2, 2019
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Sisyphi Cavi located in Noachis Terra near the south polar cap.
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This VIS image shows part of Sisyphi Cavi located in Noachis Terra near the south polar cap. Cavi are defined as steep sided depressions. Gullies dissect the cliff tops and dunes are found on the floors of the depressions.

Orbit Number: 76175 Latitude: -71.7607 Longitude: 1.72024 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-02-15 12:27

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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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