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Arabia Terra Channel

June 22, 2023
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of a large unnamed channel located in northern Arabia Terra.
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Today's VIS image shows part of a large unnamed channel located in northern Arabia Terra. Channels in this region of Arabia Terra typically flow northward into the lower elevations of Acidalia Planitia, however this channel flows east/west over the majority of its length.

Orbit Number: 94224 Latitude: 36.8608 Longitude: 28.5773 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2023-03-12 17:12

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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