THEMIS: Gale Crater & Mt. Sharp in false color

Gale Crater and Mount Sharp false color (THEMIS_IOTDS_20170324)THEMIS Image of the Day, March 24, 2017. Today’s false color image shows part of Gale Crater, the home of Curiosity Rover. The rover has driven about 10 miles (16 km) from where it landed and is currently traversing across the blue band (which is sand dunes) on its way to Mt. Sharp at lower right.

The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image.

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