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    Gusev Crater

    Date: 23 Jan 2004
    Satellite: Mars Express
    Depicts: NASA Spirit Rover Landing Site
    Copyright: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

    The center of the Gusev crater with the landing site of the NASA Spirit rover marked with a cross. The image was taken by the HRSC instrument in colour and 3D on 16 January 2004 from a height of 320 km.

    Gusev is a large crater about 160 km in diameter. Scientists believe that the crater was covered by standing water, maybe in the form of a lake, early in the history of Mars.

    This is a section of a larger picture, accessable as a high resolution download, which covers 60 m from top to bottom. North is at the top. (Note the green colouring is an effect of image processing)


    Last Update: 10 Aug 2006

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