Crater Floor and Central Mound in Gale Crater (MSL)
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Crater Floor and Central Mound in Gale Crater (MSL)
PSP_009505_1755  Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites
This observation covers the eastern portion of the proposed landing ellipse for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover in Gale Crater.

The middle to bottom part of the image shows a dune field and exposures of light-toned layered material near the base of a very large layered mound in the center of Gale Crater.



Written by: Sharon Wilson Purdy  (1 September 2008)


This is a stereo pair with PSP_009571_1755.
 
Acquisition date
06 August 2008

Local Mars time
15:31

Latitude (centered)
-4.474°

Longitude (East)
137.496°

Spacecraft altitude
268.8 km (167.1 miles)

Original image scale range
27.3 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~82 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
8.2°

Phase angle
52.4°

Solar incidence angle
59°, with the Sun about 31° above the horizon

Solar longitude
108.8°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  37.2°
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