Images of Gale #12

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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.

Continuing westward, this image shows Mt. Sharp just east of the highest peak of the deposit. The dark material near the top of the image is likely sand. This image shows the dark material on the floor as well as on Mt. Sharp.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V34540002 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-4.85635
138.099
34540
2009-09-27 07:24
Thu, 2013-04-18
VIS
1024 pixels (23 km)
3648 pixels (72 km)
0.019818 km/pixel
0.022657 km/pixel

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