Gale Crater

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Gale Crater contains a large layered deposit, part of which is shown in today's VIS image. This deposit is the target of the Curiosity Lander due to land in early August 2012.

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

Context

Image ID:

V44524001 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -4.64012

Longitude: 137.685

Orbit Number: 44524

Captured: 2011-12-28 07:29

Posted to Web: Wed, 2012-01-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.036526 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.03865 km/pixel

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