Colour plan view of Hadley Crater
Colour plan view of Hadley Crater
This colour plan view was created using the nadir channel, which is directed vertically down onto the Martian surface, and the colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) camera system on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft; north is to the right in the image. Today, Hadley Crater offers a view almost 2600 metres into the Martian crust, made possible by three nested craters. Closer inspection reveals a number of additional, small, younger craters in the lowest region.
Copyright note:
As a joint undertaking by DLR, ESA and FU Berlin, the Mars Express HRSC images are published under a Creative Commons licence since December 2014: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. This licence will also apply to all HRSC images released to date.