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Dark Slope Streaks

This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows numerous dark streaks on the inner rim of this unnamed crater.
PIA20117
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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Numerous dark streaks are visible on the inner rim of this unnamed crater. These features may be formed by movement of material downslope, removing dust and revealing an underlying dark surface.

Orbit Number: 61494 Latitude: 4.59613 Longitude: 185.061 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-10-25 04:13

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.