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Russell Crater Dunes

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a large complex dune form located on the floor of Russell Crater. Russell Crater is in Noachis Terra.
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The large complex dune form in this VIS image is located on the floor of Russell Crater. Russell Crater is in Noachis Terra.

Orbit Number: 73050 Latitude: -54.0257 Longitude: 12.7518 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2018-06-03 03:20

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.