PIA20801: Ravi Vallis
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey
 Spacecraft:  2001 Mars Odyssey
 Instrument:  THEMIS
 Product Size:  1369 x 2643 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Arizona State University
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This VIS image is located in Ravi Vallis, a channel running from the highlands of Xanthe Terra to the complex lower elevation Hydraotes Chaos. The tear-drop shaped island near the center of the image indicates fluid flow was from the left to the right side of the image.

Orbit Number: 64209 Latitude: 0.0308233 Longitude: 320.437 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-06-04 18:52

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.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Image Addition Date:
2016-08-11