Remarkably, the Opportunity Mars rover lies in a small martian impact crater [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-3.htm l ] about 3 meters deep and 22 meters wide. For 360 degrees, Opportunity's horizon stretches to the right in this new color mosaic image [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-1.htm l ] from the rover's panoramic camera. Notable in this view of the generally dark, smooth terrain [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are surface imprints left by the lander's airbags [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-6.htm l ] and an outcropping of light-colored, layered rock about 8 meters away toward the northwest. Though they look imposing, the rocks in the tantalizing outcrop are only a few centimeters high and will be dwarfed by the cart-sized rover [
http://marsrovers.j…spacecraft_surface_r over.html ] itself during future close-up investigations. Opportunity has now rolled off its lander and, along with the restored Spirit rover [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], is directly exploring the martian surface [
http://www.jpl.nasa…].
Explanation
Remarkably, the Opportunity Mars rover lies in a small martian impact crater [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-3.htm l ] about 3 meters deep and 22 meters wide. For 360 degrees, Opportunity's horizon stretches to the right in this new color mosaic image [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-1.htm l ] from the rover's panoramic camera. Notable in this view of the generally dark, smooth terrain [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are surface imprints left by the lander's airbags [
http://www.jpl.nasa…captions/image-6.htm l ] and an outcropping of light-colored, layered rock about 8 meters away toward the northwest. Though they look imposing, the rocks in the tantalizing outcrop are only a few centimeters high and will be dwarfed by the cart-sized rover [
http://marsrovers.j…spacecraft_surface_r over.html ] itself during future close-up investigations. Opportunity has now rolled off its lander and, along with the restored Spirit rover [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], is directly exploring the martian surface [
http://www.jpl.nasa…].
Explanation
