Gale Crater
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
This VIS image shows the northwestern floor and rim of Gale crater. A channel dissects the rim in this image, and the edge of the central mound is visible in the bottom right corner. Gale Crater is the targeted location for the MSL lander that will shortly arrive at Mars.
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Context
Image ID:
V46072001 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-4.53472
137.296
46072
2012-05-03 17:29
Tue, 2012-07-31
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
1824 pixels (64 km)
0.035215 km/pixel
0.035665 km/pixel
