Gale Crater

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows part of Gale Crater, including the large layered deposit on the crater floor. This deposit has been heavily eroded, which exposed the layering. The Curiosity Rover is located in Gale Crater. Gale crater is 150km (90 miles) in diameter.

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Context

Image ID:

V92243002 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -4.91547

Longitude: 137.678

Orbit Number: 92243

Captured: 2022-09-30 13:20

Posted to Web: Mon, 2023-01-23

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (64 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.035541 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0360438 km/pixel

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