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Today's VIS image is of a different part of Olympica Fossae from the previous image. In this region lava channels dominate. The complex interaction of volcanic and tectonic processes is illustrated by the central feature in this image. The linear (vertical) tectonic feature terminates and forms a volcanic channel heading to the left side of the image. The entire Tharsis region contains many examples of the complex interaction of volcanic and tectonic processes.

Orbit Number: 62178 Latitude: 24.8408 Longitude: 246.5 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-12-20 12:16

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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.