PIA15093: Topography of Gale Crater
Color coding in this image of Gale Crater on Mars represents differences in elevation. The vertical difference from a low point inside the landing ellipse for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (yellow dot) to a high point on the mountain inside the crater.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Product Size:  788 x 720 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA15093.tif (1.704 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA15093.jpg (87.11 kB)  

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Color coding in this image of Gale Crater on Mars represents differences in elevation. The vertical difference from a low point inside the landing ellipse for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (yellow dot) to a high point on the mountain inside the crater (red dot) is about 3 miles (5 kilometers).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2011-11-21