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Mars : Victoria Crater at Meridiani Planum

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona/Novapix

reference: a-mar11-00026

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 16 cm

This image of Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at more of a sideways angle than earlier orbital images of this 800 meter wide crater. The camera pointing was 22 degrees east of straight down, yielding a view comparable to looking at the landscape out an airplane window. East is at the top. This view is a cutout from a HiRISE exposure taken on July 18, 2009.

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ACT010310 - ASTRONOMY - CRATER - FALSE COLOR - HIRISE - IMPACT CRATER - MARS - MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER - MERIDIANI PLANUM - MRO - PLANET - VICTORIA -