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Today's VIS image is located on the northern part of Alba Mons. The large linear depressions are graben, a tectonic feature created by faulting. The small channels are part of Ravius Valles. Ravius Valles dissects a broad area on this part of Alba Mons. The channel field is 388km wide (241 miles).

Orbit Number: 94029 Latitude: 45.805 Longitude: 252.495 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2023-02-24 15:55

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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.