Gale crater

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A mosaic of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera images covering all of Gale crater. The whole crater is about 150 kilometers in diameter.

NASA / JPL / MSSS / Tanya Harrison

Curiosity will be aiming for a spot inside Gale near the northern rim and will drive toward the five-kilometer-high mound of layered deposits in its center.

Two higher-resolution versions of this product are available:

Whole crater at 55 meters per pixel (13 MB)
Northwest area of the crater (including the area Curiosity is likely to explore) at 10 meters per pixel (3.5 MB)

Original image data dated on or about July 22, 2011