This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows one of the small channels in Locras Valles.

May 01, 2020

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Today's VIS shows one of the small channels in Locras Valles. Located in Terra Sabaea, Locras Valles is a group of channels that dissect the plains north of several unnamed craters, the rims of which create the highland where the channels start.

Orbit Number: 80709 Latitude: 8.66574 Longitude: 49.3643 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-02-23 21:34

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.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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