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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Inside Victoria Crater on Mars
Explanation:
NASA's Opportunity rover is now inside Victoria Crater [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] on Mars [ http://en.wikipedia…]. Last week the robot rolled [ http://marsrovers.j…] about 20 meters into the largest crater any Martian rover [ http://en.wikipedia…] has yet encountered, the crater next to which Opportunity has been perched for months. Currently, the rolling explorer is situated in Duck Bay alcove [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], peering across at the internal crater wall dubbed Cape St. Vincent [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The above wide-angle view [ http://photojournal…] is from Opportunity's front hazard-identificatio n camera. Over the next few weeks, Opportunity [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is scheduled to explore this telling alien indentation, searching for clues to the ancient past of Mars before the huge impact that created Victoria Crater [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] ever took place.
Credit and Copyright:
Mars Exploration Rover Mission [ http://marsrovers.j…], Cornell [ http://athena.corne…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov…]
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Mars
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Victoria
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Washington, D.C.
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Mars
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Crater
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Explorer
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Opportunity
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Hazard-identificatio n Camera
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crater
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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SPD-APOD-ap070917

Inside Victoria Crater on Mars