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Today's VIS image shows part of Arabia Terra. The different tones in the image indicate there is a difference between the dark and light surfaces. It could be due to differences in dust cover, or actual different layers of materials.

Orbit Number: 87213 Latitude: 18.2372 Longitude: 335.439 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-08-12 10:16

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.