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Today's VIS image shows the surface of Zephyria Planum and the surrounding plains. Zephyria Planum is located south of Elysium Planitia. Long term winds have eroded the surface of Zephyria Planum (top of image) and the surrounding plains. Small, linear sand dunes are visible in the rest of the image.

Orbit Number: 81217 Latitude: -5.45343 Longitude: 155.853 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-04-05 17:22

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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.