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Gale Crater
Gale Crater is a 154-kilometer-wide impact basin on Mars that contains a central mound of layered sediments known as Mount Sharp. It was selected as the landing site for NASA's Curiosity rover due to its potential to preserve organic molecules and other signs of past life.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "Gale Crater"
Two Worlds, One Sun
15/06/2025
Ancient Ogunquit Beach on Mars
23/03/2025
Stereo Mars near Opposition
03/12/2022
Siccar Point on Mars
31/08/2022
Rock Fingers on Mars
20/06/2022
The Gator-Back Rocks of Mars
15/04/2022
Mars Panorama 360 from Curiosity
14/09/2021
Curiosity: Sol 3048
25/03/2021
Two Worlds, One Sun
02/08/2020
Mars Panorama from Curiosity
06/03/2020
Hills, Ridges, and Tracks on Mars
26/01/2020
Late Afternoon on Mars
20/12/2019
Curiosity Rover Finds a Clay Cache on Mars
29/10/2019
Curiosity at Teal Ridge
08/08/2019
Martian Moon Phobos Crosses the Sun
Video
10/04/2019
Curiosity's Dusty Self
23/06/2018
Dusty With a Chance of Dust
16/06/2018
Ireson Hill on Mars
19/07/2017
Ancient Ogunquit Beach on Mars
08/05/2017
A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars
05/10/2016
Curiosity at Murray Buttes on Mars
24/08/2016
Dark Dunes on Mars (Horizontally Compressed)
20/07/2016
NASA's Curiosity Rover at Namib Dune (360 View)
Video
29/03/2016
1000 Sols
13/06/2015
Two Worlds, One Sun
12/05/2015
Curiosity Inspects Mt. Remarkable on Mars
07/05/2014
Curiosity: Wheels on Mars
03/06/2013
Sharp Stereo
27/04/2013
Curiosity Self-Portrait Panorama
22/02/2013
Mars: Shadow at Point Lake
05/02/2013