Gale Crater

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

While far from the rover, this VIS image of Gale Crater covers the same central layered deposit that Curiosity is studying. The linear ridges are the result of wind action eroding the material.

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

Context

Image ID:

V72297012 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -5.20235

Longitude: 138.126

Orbit Number: 72297

Captured: 2018-04-02 02:54

Posted to Web: Mon, 2018-06-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017975 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0180138 km/pixel

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