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Nirgal Vallis

Sept. 5, 2022
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Nirgal Vallis and several of its tributary channels.
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Today's VIS image shows Nirgal Vallis and several of its tributary channels. Located in Noachis Terra, Nirgal Valles is 610km long (379 miles).

Orbit Number: 90895 Latitude: -27.1183 Longitude: 317 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2022-06-11 14:16

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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.

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