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PIA05590: Ma'adim Vallis From the Top
This still from an animation shows the geography of Ma'adim Vallis, a valley or channel that enters Gusev Crater. The view of the crater is from the northwest, which is not the direction from which NASA's Spirit rover approached the crater as it landed.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey 
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) 
Thermal Emission Imaging System 
 Product Size:  1920 x 1080 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05590.tif (1.295 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05590.jpg (85.07 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This is a still from an animation showing the geography of Ma'adim Vallis, a valley or channel that enters Gusev Crater. The view of the crater is from the northwest, which is not the direction from which Spirit approached the crater as it landed.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-03-19