Gale crater
Filed under pretty pictures, Mars, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory)
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)










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