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An unusual feature of Gale is an enormous mound of "sedimentary debris" [21] around its central peak, officially named Aeolis Mons [5] [6] (popularly known as "Mount Sharp" [22] [23]) rising 5.5 km (18,000 ft) above the northern crater floor and 4.5 km (15,000 ft) above the southern crater floor—slightly taller than the southern rim of the ...
Sunset, Gale crater – photo sequence by Curiosity rover, April 15, 2015. ... Mars sky at sunset, as imaged by the Curiosity rover (February 2013; Sun simulated by ...
Yellowknife Bay is a 5-meter geologic depression located in the large impact crater known as Gale Crater. The Crater is located on Mars near the northwestern part of the Aeolis quadrangle just south of the planet's equator. The crater's central feature is a 5.5-kilometre-high (18,000 ft) mountain called Aeolis Mons, nicknamed Mount Sharp ...
Mount Sharp, officially Aeolis Mons (/ ˈ iː ə l ɪ s m ɒ n z /), is a mountain on Mars.It forms the central peak within Gale crater and is located around , rising 5.5 km (18,000 ft) high from the valley
Gale Crater, in the northwestern part of the Aeolis quadrangle, is of special interest to geologists because it contains a 2–4 km (1.2–2.5 mi) high mound of layered sedimentary rocks, named "Mount Sharp" by NASA in honor of Robert P. Sharp (1911–2004), a planetary scientist of early Mars missions.
Gale is a crater on Mars near the northwestern part of the Aeolis quadrangle. Gale is 154 km (96 mi) in diameter and holds a central peak, Aeolis Mons (previously informally named "Mount Sharp" to pay tribute to geologist Robert P. Sharp) rising higher from the crater floor than Mount Rainier rises above Seattle. Strong evidence suggests that ...
Gale (crater) (7 P) Σ. Mars crater stubs (62 P) Pages in category "Impact craters on Mars" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,158 ...
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, [2] which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability , studying its climate and geology , and collecting data ...