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Today's VIS image shows part of the floor of Gusev Crater. Numerous dark linear markings were created by dust devil action. Gusev Crater is the "home" of the MER Spirit rover.

Orbit Number: 65212 Latitude: -14.4728 Longitude: 175.478 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-08-26 09:37

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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.