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Press Release Images: Opportunity
07-Aug-2006
  
 
This horizontal view of Beagle Crater shows a ripple of sand on a rocky surface extending from the foreground at the bottom of the panorama toward a laterally extensive mosaic of reddish-brown rocks that form the rim of a shallow bowl-shaped indentation in the surface. The rocks on the interior of the rim facing the rover have relatively smooth surfaces that make up the hollowed-out interior of the bowl. Beyond the uplifted rim is a flat expanse of plains bounded on top by a pinkish-brown sky. In this false-color view, sand and ripples between and on top of rocks is light blue; the rocks are mostly light tan to white except for a few dark brown boulders.
Opportunity Approaches the Bowl of Beagle Crater

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity acquired this false-color image of the rim of the 35-meter (115-foot) diameter Beagle Crater on Martian day, or sol, 894 (July 30, 2006) using the panoramic camera's 753-nanometer, 535-nanometer, and 432-nanometer filters. At the time the rover was about 25 meters (82 feet) from Beagle Crater, looking east-southeast. The image reveals ejecta blocks near the rover, the largest of which is about 50 centimeters (20 inches) across. The image also shows a portion of the eastern interior rim of Beagle Crater, which appears composed of jumbled, angular blocks of brighter and darker outcrop rocks. The rover will drive to the rim of Beagle and acquire an extensive color panorama of the crater rim and interior in the coming sols.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
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This horizontal view of Beagle Crater shows a ripple of sand on a rocky surface extending from the foreground at the bottom of the panorama toward a laterally extensive mosaic of reddish-brown rocks that form the rim of a shallow bowl-shaped indentation in the surface. The rocks on the interior of the rim facing the rover have relatively smooth surfaces that make up the hollowed-out interior of the bowl. Beyond the uplifted rim is a flat expanse of plains bounded on top by a pinkish-brown sky.
Opportunity Approaches the Bowl of Beagle Crater (True Color)

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this approximate true-color image of Beagle Crater from a distance of about 25 meters (82 feet). The crater is thought to be relatively young based on its prominent, raised rim and surrounding ejecta that have not been eroded away or buried by sand. The image also shows a portion of the eastern interior rim of Beagle Crater, which appears composed of jumbled, angular blocks of brighter and darker outcrop rocks. The rover will drive to the rim of the crater and acquire an extensive color panorama in the coming sols.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
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