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Gale Crater

June 25, 2018
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear ridges, the result of wind action eroding the material of a layered deposit.
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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.

Orbit Number: 72297 Latitude: -5.20235 Longitude: 138.126 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2018-04-02 02:54

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

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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