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This VIS image shows a section of Sirenum Fossae. The linear depression was created by tectonic forces stretching the surface. Paired faults allow blocks of the surface to slide down into the open space. The linear depression is called a graben.

Orbit Number: 80616 Latitude: -27.3687 Longitude: 217.266 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-02-16 05:35

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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.