Gale Crater - False Color

The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Gale Crater.

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. Today's false color image shows part of Gale Crater, the home of Curiosity Rover. Orbit Number: 52340 Latitude: -4.59603 Longitude: 137.402 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-10-01 13:32 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21516