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Terra Sabaea Channel

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed channel in Terra Sabaea.

June 15, 2020

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Today's VIS image shows an unnamed channel in Terra Sabaea. The channel is flowing into the crater just visible in the upper left portion of the image.

Orbit Number: 81221 Latitude: 6.14616 Longitude: 38.9585 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-04-06 01:20

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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