Science and Exploration

The Southern Floor of Gale Crater

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
March 9, 2016
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The Southern Floor of Gale Crater
Gale Crater
NASA HiRISE

This image along the southern interior floor of Gale Crater hosts many different landforms.
Light-toned, scabby, and presumably hydrated materials on the crater floor are covered by large, darker-toned dunes.

The small crater, about 2 kilometers in diameter, in the middle of the image is filled with an enigmatic deposit that appears to have flowed into the crater from the south.

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