This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Her Desher Vallis. This channel is located in Noachis Terra. Her Desher is the Egyptian word for Mars.

September 09, 2020

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This VIS image shows a section of Her Desher Vallis. This channel is located in Noachis Terra. Her Desher is the Egyptian word for Mars.

Orbit Number: 81898 Latitude: -25.2878 Longitude: 312.226 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-05-31 19:01

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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