On the Edge

This VIS image is located on the margin of Arabia Terra and Acidalia Planitia. The channel features were created by fluids running from the highland of Arabia Terra into the lower elevations of Acidalia Planitia.

Orbit Number: 77367 Latitude: 31.0987 Longitude: 345.16 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-05-24 17:05

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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.