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Today's VIS image is located on the western flank of Alba Mons. This region is highly dissected by channels. Alba Mons is a broad volcano, surrounded by graben features created by a huge volcanic eruption followed by the collapse of the volcano into the underlying empty magma chamber.

Orbit Number: 93786 Latitude: 44.5605 Longitude: 241.615 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2023-02-04 16:13

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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.