Russell Crater in VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows a portion of the same dune field in Russell Crater as shown in yesterday's IR image. The sand dunes are actually darker in 'color' than the surrounding dust covered materials.

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

Context

Image ID:

V33683003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -54.4723

Longitude: 12.1161

Orbit Number: 33683

Captured: 2009-07-18 11:10

Posted to Web: Fri, 2009-08-21

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018452 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.020101 km/pixel

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