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Idaeus Fossae

Oct. 28, 2019
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a linear depression which is part of Idaeus Fossae.
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The linear depression in this VIS image is part of Idaeus Fossae. Idaeus Fossae is a complex set of channels on the margin of Tempe Terra and Acidalia Planitia.

Orbit Number: 78903 Latitude: 37.553 Longitude: 307.559 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-09-28 04:45

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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