Tharsis Lava Flows

May 25, 2022

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Today's VIS image shows volcanic flows and fractures between Arsia Mons and Pavonis Mons in the Tharsis volcanic region. The fractures – termed graben – follow the northeast/southwest trend of the three large Tharsis volcanoes.

Orbit Number: 89113 Latitude: -7.38183 Longitude: 244.754 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2022-01-15 20:50

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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.