Daybreak_at_Gale_Crater.jpg


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English: This computer-generated image depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater, beginning to catch morning light .

Northward is to the left. Gale is the crater with a mound inside it near the centre of the image.

This view was created using three-dimensional information from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, which flew on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. The vertical dimension is not exaggerated. Colour information is based on general Mars colour characteristics.
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Source NASA Image of the Day
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA . NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted ". (See Template:PD-USGov , NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy .)
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24 August 2011