This huge (or mega) gully is part of Noctis Labyrinthus. Located
on the western end of Valles Marineris, Noctis Labyrinthus is a
huge region of tectonically controlled valleys. The valleys are
not as deep as Valles Marineris. Orbit Number: 40376 Latitude:
-11.8336 Longitude: 261.741 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2011-01-20
19:58 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 Tec