Galle (Martian crater)

As the smiley is a key motif in the comic book Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the crater was used as a story location after the coincidence was noted by Gibbons. According to Gibbons, the similarity "was almost too good to be true. I worried that if we put it in, people would never believe it." The crater also appears in the same scene during the film adaptation. ==Gallery==

Image:Galle crater 352S24 352S26.jpg|Viking Orbiter 1 mosaic Image:Galle crater 576A64 576A66.jpg|Another Viking 1 mosaic Image:Wikigalleeast.jpg|East side of Galle crater, as seen by CTX camera (on MRO). Image:Wikigulledunesgullies.jpg|Gullies on mounds and dunes in Galle crater, as seen by CTX camera. Note this is an enlargement of previous photo. Image:Wikigallelayers.jpg|Layered deposit in Galle crater, as seen by CTX camera. Note: this is an enlargement of a previous image. Image:Wikigalleflowsgullies.jpg|Old glacial flows and gullies on eastern side of Galle crater, as seen by CTX camera. Note: this is an enlargement of the previous photo. Image:Wikigalledevils.jpg|Dunes and dust devil tracks in Galle crater, as seen by CTX camera. Wikigalleeye.jpg|Part of Galle crater, as seen by CTX camera. The right "eye" and "mouth" are labeled. One of two dune fields are labeled as well. ESP 046684 1280molawide.jpg|Wide view of area around Galle crater. Colors show elevations. ESP 046684 1280molaclosergalle.jpg|Region around Galle crater. Colors show elevations. ESP 046684 1280molaclosegalle.jpg|Galle crater. Colors show elevations. Arrow indicates a layered mound that is enlarged in other images to follow. ESP 046684 1280gallecontext.jpg|Wide CTX view of part of layered mound. Parts of this mound are enlarged in HiRISE images that follow. ESP 046684 1280layerspretty.jpg|HiRISE image from area in previous image. Picture taken under HiWish program. ESP 046684 1280layersprettybottom.jpg|Layers in mound in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program ESP 046684 1280layersprettymiddle.jpg|Layers in mound in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program ESP 046684 1280layersprettytop.jpg|Layers in mound in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program 46684 1280breaking.jpg|Layers breaking up into boulders in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program 46684 1280gullies.jpg|Layers and gullies in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program 46684 1280layers.jpg|Close view of layers in mound in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program 46684 1280mesa.jpg|Layered mesa in mound in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program 46684 1280polygons.jpg|Layers and polygons in mound in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program 46684 1280wall.jpg|Close view of layers in mound in Galle crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program == See also ==