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This VIS image shows a small region between Olympus Mons and Sulci Gordii. There are lava flows, tectonic depressions and channels visible in the image. All the features are related to the volcanism.

Orbit Number: 53647 Latitude: 17.6235 Longitude: 233.319 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2014-01-17 04:37

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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.