Images of Gale #9

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

During the month of April Mars will be in conjunction relative to the Earth. This means the Sun is in the line-of-sight between Earth and Mars, and communication between the two planets is almost impossible. For conjunction, the rovers and orbiting spacecraft at Mars continue to operate, but do not send the data to Earth. This recorded data will be sent to Earth when Mars moves away from the sun and the line-of-sight between Earth and Mars is reestablished. During conjunction the THEMIS image of the day will be a visual tour of Gale Crater, the location of the newest rover Curiosity.

We now begin a traverse across Mt. Sharp moving from east to west. The layering of the material that comprises Mt. Sharp is visible in the bottom third of this image. This image also shows the weathering that has affected Mt. Sharp.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V33941002 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-5.32425
138.404
33941
2009-08-08 23:45
Mon, 2013-04-15
VIS
1024 pixels (21 km)
3648 pixels (69 km)
0.018978 km/pixel
0.020691 km/pixel

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