Originally released on Oct. 4, 2013

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This VIS image of Baltisk Crater shows a sand sheet on the crater floor and channels dissecting the outer rim.

Orbit Number: 51797 Latitude: -41.8923 Longitude: 305.466 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-17 21:25

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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.