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Gale Crater

Nov. 1, 2021
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the large layered deposit on the floor of Gale. The Curiosity Rover is located in Gale Crater. Gale crater is 150km (90 miles) in diameter.
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Today's VIS image shows the large layered deposit on the floor of Gale. The Curiosity Rover is located in Gale Crater. Gale crater is 150km (90 miles) in diameter.

Orbit Number: 86309 Latitude: -4.67469 Longitude: 137.724 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-05-29 23:44

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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