Gale Crater

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

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

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

Context

Image ID: 
V86908003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-4.63872
137.343
86908
2021-07-18 07:25
Wed, 2022-03-16
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
1824 pixels (65 km)
0.035739 km/pixel
0.0360584 km/pixel

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