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These side-by-side images were taken by the Pan Camera (Pancam) on NASA's Opportunity rover. They're actually the same image; the left version is h...
Artistic Pancam FrameArtistic Pancam Frame
June 04, 2019
These side-by-side images were taken by the Pan Camera (Pancam) on NASA's Opportunity rover. They're actually the same image; the left version is how the image originally came down, due to data dropouts. The right shows the same image after proces...
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This 360-degree panorama was taken by "Dusty," a fully-working replica of NASA's Opportunity rover at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The p...
Dusty's PanoramaDusty's Panorama
June 04, 2019
This 360-degree panorama was taken by "Dusty," a fully-working replica of NASA's Opportunity rover at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The panorama was taken as part of a software test. Members of the Opportunity team gathered to sit in dur...
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This mosaic was stitched together using images from the Navigation Camera, or Navcam, on NASA's Opportunity rover. The scene shows the rover's trac...
Opportunity's Tracks in Perseverance ValleyOpportunity's Tracks in Perseverance Valley
June 04, 2019
This mosaic was stitched together using images from the Navigation Camera, or Navcam, on NASA's Opportunity rover. The scene shows the rover's tracks made in Perseverance Valley between Sols 5,000 and 5030.
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NASA's Opportunity rover captured an image of this rock nicknamed "Jornada del Muerto" while in Perseverance Valley. The wind-carved streaks along ...
Opportunity Discovers 'Dead Man's Journey'Opportunity Discovers 'Dead Man's Journey'
June 04, 2019
NASA's Opportunity rover captured an image of this rock nicknamed "Jornada del Muerto" while in Perseverance Valley. The wind-carved streaks along its face were very similar to rocks seen at the rim of Endeavour Crater earlier in Opportunity's mis...
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At an event celebrating the end of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission on Feb. 13, 2019, engineer Jennifer Trosper shared how workin...
From One Rover Generation to the NextFrom One Rover Generation to the Next
April 30, 2019
At an event celebrating the end of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission on Feb. 13, 2019, engineer Jennifer Trosper shared how working on the rovers Spirit and Opportunity taught her lessons for NASA’s next rover mission, Mars ...
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Steve Squyres, principal investigator for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission, and Matt Golombek, the mission’s project scientist, di...
A Celebration of Science from Spirit and OpportunityA Celebration of Science from Spirit and Opportunity
April 29, 2019
Steve Squyres, principal investigator for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission, and Matt Golombek, the mission’s project scientist, discussed the ground-breaking science returned by the mission’s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportun...
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This 360-degree panorama was taken by "Dusty," a fully-working replica of NASA's Opportunity rover at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The p...
Dusty's PanoramaDusty's Panorama
April 10, 2019
This 360-degree panorama was taken by "Dusty," a fully-working replica of NASA's Opportunity rover at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The panorama was taken as part of a software test. Members of the Opportunity team gathered to sit in dur...
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Scientists and engineers working on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission gather for a team portrait during the rovers’ prime mission o...
Mars Exploration Rovers Team PictureMars Exploration Rovers Team Picture
April 01, 2019
Scientists and engineers working on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission gather for a team portrait during the rovers’ prime mission on Mars in 2004 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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John Callas, project manager for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers mission, makes the call ending the last formal session via NASA’s Deep ...
Last Call to OpportunityLast Call to Opportunity
April 01, 2019
John Callas, project manager for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers mission, makes the call ending the last formal session via NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) for the Opportunity rover at Mars on Feb. 12, 2019.
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The close camaraderie among scientists and engineers who worked on NASA’s Opportunity rover is evident in this image from Feb. 12, 2019, at N...
One Last ListenOne Last Listen
April 01, 2019
The close camaraderie among scientists and engineers who worked on NASA’s Opportunity rover is evident in this image from Feb. 12, 2019, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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Scientists and engineers who worked on NASA’s Opportunity rover give mission leadership a round of applause in Mission Control at NASA’...
A Round of Applause for OpportunityA Round of Applause for Opportunity
April 01, 2019
Scientists and engineers who worked on NASA’s Opportunity rover give mission leadership a round of applause in Mission Control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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As the NASA Opportunity rover team gathered to talk about the last attempts to listen for the rover’s signals from Mars, Ashley Stroupe share...
Sharing a Rover's LifeSharing a Rover's Life
April 01, 2019
As the NASA Opportunity rover team gathered to talk about the last attempts to listen for the rover’s signals from Mars, Ashley Stroupe shared her story about working with the long-lived robotic geologist.
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During a team meeting for NASA’s Opportunity rover, Ben Cark of the Space Science Institute talks about his experiences working on NASA&rsquo...
A Lifetime of Rover StoriesA Lifetime of Rover Stories
April 01, 2019
During a team meeting for NASA’s Opportunity rover, Ben Cark of the Space Science Institute talks about his experiences working on NASA’s longest-lived Mars surface explorer.
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Cindy Oda stood up to share her experience working with NASA’s Opportunity rover during a team meeting in Mission Control at NASA’s Jet...
Sharing Opportunity StoriesSharing Opportunity Stories
April 01, 2019
Cindy Oda stood up to share her experience working with NASA’s Opportunity rover during a team meeting in Mission Control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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NASA Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen addressed the Opportunity rover team inside Mission Control at NASA’s Jet Propulsio...
Addressing the Opportunity TeamAddressing the Opportunity Team
April 01, 2019
NASA Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen addressed the Opportunity rover team inside Mission Control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, a few hours before the team made its last attempts to listen f...
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These two thumbnail images, with the ghostly dot of a faint Sun near the middle of each, are the last images NASA's Opportunity rover took on Mars.
Last Images Opportunity TookLast Images Opportunity Took
March 12, 2019
These two thumbnail images, with the ghostly dot of a faint Sun near the middle of each, are the last images NASA's Opportunity rover took on Mars.
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Taken on June 10, 2018 (the 5,111th Martian day, or sol, of the mission) this "noisy," incomplete image was the last data NASA's Opportunit...
Opportunity's Last MessageOpportunity's Last Message
March 12, 2019
Taken on June 10, 2018 (the 5,111th Martian day, or sol, of the mission) this "noisy," incomplete image was the last data NASA's Opportunity rover sent back from Perseverance Valley on Mars.
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This image is a cropped version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover's Pancam from May 13 through June 10, 2018. The pano...
Opportunity Legacy Pan (Stereo)Opportunity Legacy Pan (Stereo)
March 12, 2019
This image is a cropped version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover's Pancam from May 13 through June 10, 2018. The panorama appears in 3D when seen through blue-red glasses with the red lens on the left.
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This image is an edited version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover's Pancam from May 13 through June 10, 2018. The vers...
Opportunity Legacy Pan (True Color)Opportunity Legacy Pan (True Color)
March 12, 2019
This image is an edited version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover's Pancam from May 13 through June 10, 2018. The version of the scene is presented in approximate true color.
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This image is a cropped version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover's Panoramic Camera (Pancam) from May 13 through June...
Opportunity Legacy PanOpportunity Legacy Pan
March 12, 2019
This image is a cropped version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover's Panoramic Camera (Pancam) from May 13 through June 10, 2018. The view is presented in false color to make some differences between materials easier to...
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses the successful completion of the Opportunity Mars rover mission during a news briefing at the agency's...
NASA Administrator and MarsNASA Administrator and Mars
February 13, 2019
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses the successful completion of the Opportunity Mars rover mission during a news briefing at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Behind him to the left is a model of Opportunity...
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With a model of NASA's Opportunity rover behind him, John Callas, project manager of the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers, speaks about the rover...
Celebrating a Mars RoverCelebrating a Mars Rover
February 13, 2019
With a model of NASA's Opportunity rover behind him, John Callas, project manager of the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers, speaks about the rovers' achievements at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Deputy Project Sc...
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A round of applause at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, for a successful end to the mission of NASA's Opportunity Mars rov...
Applause for a Rover OverachieverApplause for a Rover Overachiever
February 13, 2019
A round of applause at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, for a successful end to the mission of NASA's Opportunity Mars rover on Feb. 13, 2019.
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Late on Feb. 12, 2019, mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, sent the last commands to ask NASA's Opport...
Last Commands to OpportunityLast Commands to Opportunity
February 13, 2019
Late on Feb. 12, 2019, mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, sent the last commands to ask NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars to call home.
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In this navigation camera raw image, NASA's Opportunity Rover looks back over its own tracks on Aug. 4, 2010. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a d...
Looking Back on a Golden OpportunityLooking Back on a Golden Opportunity
February 13, 2019
In this navigation camera raw image, NASA's Opportunity Rover looks back over its own tracks on Aug. 4, 2010. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, manages the Mars Exploration Rover Project for NASA's Science Missio...
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This chart illustrates comparisons among the distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth's moon and Mars.
Driving Distances on Mars and the MoonDriving Distances on Mars and the Moon
February 13, 2019
This chart illustrates comparisons among the distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth's moon and Mars.
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This infographic highlights NASA’s twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity. The rovers landed on the...
Spirit And Opportunity By The NumbersSpirit And Opportunity By The Numbers
February 04, 2019
This infographic highlights NASA’s twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity. The rovers landed on the Red Planet in 2004, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. Spirit concluded its m...
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A Goldstone 111.5-foot (34-meter) beam-waveguide antenna tracks a spacecraft as it comes into view. The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex...
Goldstone AntennaGoldstone Antenna
January 25, 2019
A Goldstone 111.5-foot (34-meter) beam-waveguide antenna tracks a spacecraft as it comes into view. The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is located in the Mojave Desert in California.
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This artist's illustration shows NASA's four successful Mars rovers (from left to right): Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, and Curiosity. The ima...
The Evolution of a MartianThe Evolution of a Martian
November 21, 2018
This artist's illustration shows NASA's four successful Mars rovers (from left to right): Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, and Curiosity. The image also shows the upcoming Mars 2020 rover and a human explorer.
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NASA Science missions circle Earth, the Sun, the Moon, Mars and many other destinations within our solar system, including spacecraft that look out...
SMD Spacecraft FleetSMD Spacecraft Fleet
November 21, 2018
NASA Science missions circle Earth, the Sun, the Moon, Mars and many other destinations within our solar system, including spacecraft that look out even further into our universe. The Science Fleet depicts the scope of NASA's activity and how our ...
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This image acquired on September 20, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows NASA's Opportunity rover as a blip.
Opportunity After the Dust StormOpportunity After the Dust Storm
September 25, 2018
This image acquired on September 20, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows NASA's Opportunity rover as a blip.
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NASA's Opportunity rover appears as a blip in the center of this square. This image taken by HiRISE, a high-resolution camera onboard NASA's Mars R...
Opportunity After the Dust StormOpportunity After the Dust Storm
September 25, 2018
NASA's Opportunity rover appears as a blip in the center of this square. This image taken by HiRISE, a high-resolution camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the dust storm over Perseverance Valley has substantially cleared.
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This graphic shows how the energy available to NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars (in watt-hours) depends on how clear or opaque the atmosphere...
On Mars, Light Is EnergyOn Mars, Light Is Energy
June 13, 2018
This graphic shows how the energy available to NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars (in watt-hours) depends on how clear or opaque the atmosphere is (measured in a value called tau). When the tau value (blue) is high, the rover’s power lev...
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This set of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a fierce dust storm is kicking up on Mars, with rovers on the surface indicated as...
2018 Giant Dust Storm on Mars2018 Giant Dust Storm on Mars
June 13, 2018
This set of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a fierce dust storm is kicking up on Mars, with rovers on the surface indicated as icons.
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This graphic shows the ongoing contributions of NASA’s rovers and orbiters during a Martian dust storm that began on May 30, 2018.
Mars Storm Watch ObservationsMars Storm Watch Observations
June 13, 2018
This graphic shows the ongoing contributions of NASA’s rovers and orbiters during a Martian dust storm that began on May 30, 2018.
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This graphic compares atmospheric opacity in different Mars years from the point of view of NASA’s Opportunity rover.
Atmospheric Opacity from Opportunity’s Point of ViewAtmospheric Opacity from Opportunity’s Point of View
June 12, 2018
This graphic compares atmospheric opacity in different Mars years from the point of view of NASA’s Opportunity rover.
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This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA's Opportunity rover's point of view, with the...
Shades of Martian DarknessShades of Martian Darkness
June 12, 2018
This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA's Opportunity rover's point of view, with the right side simulating Opportunity's current view in the global dust storm (June 2018).
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This global map of Mars shows a growing dust storm as of June 6, 2018. The map was produced by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera on NASA's Mars ...
Dust Storm Covers OpportunityDust Storm Covers Opportunity
June 08, 2018
This global map of Mars shows a growing dust storm as of June 6, 2018. The map was produced by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded the dawn of the rover's 4,999th Martian day, or sol, with its Panoramic Camera (Pancam) on Feb. ...
New Day for Longest-Working Mars RoverNew Day for Longest-Working Mars Rover
February 16, 2018
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded the dawn of the rover's 4,999th Martian day, or sol, with its Panoramic Camera (Pancam) on Feb. 15, 2018, yielding this processed, approximately true-color scene.
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This image shows stone stripes on the side of a volcanic cone on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The stripes are made of small rock fragments and they are align...
Rock Stripe Pattern on Hawaii's Mauna KeaRock Stripe Pattern on Hawaii's Mauna Kea
February 15, 2018
This image shows stone stripes on the side of a volcanic cone on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The stripes are made of small rock fragments and they are aligned downhill as freeze-thaw cycles have lifted them up and out of the finer-grained regolith, and mov...
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This late-afternoon view from the front Hazard Avoidance Camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a pattern of rock stripes on the...
Opportunity Views Ground Texture in 'Perseverance Valley'Opportunity Views Ground Texture in 'Perseverance Valley'
February 15, 2018
This late-afternoon view from the front Hazard Avoidance Camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a pattern of rock stripes on the ground, a surprise to scientists on the rover team. It was taken in January 2018, as the rover near...
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Textured rows on the ground in this portion of "Perseverance Valley" are under investigation by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, which us...
Rock Stripes Pattern in Mars' 'Perseverance Valley'Rock Stripes Pattern in Mars' 'Perseverance Valley'
February 15, 2018
Textured rows on the ground in this portion of "Perseverance Valley" are under investigation by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, which used its Navigation Camera to take the component images of this downhill-looking scene. The rover reac...
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The channel descending a Martian slope in this perspective view is "Perseverance Valley," the study area of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity as the ro...
Martian 'Perseverance Valley' in Perspective (Vertical Exaggeration)Martian 'Perseverance Valley' in Perspective (Vertical Exaggeration)
February 15, 2018
The channel descending a Martian slope in this perspective view is "Perseverance Valley," the study area of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity as the rover passes its 5,000th Martian day. The view overlays a HiRISE image onto a topographic model with f...
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Mars Exploration Rover Instrument Diagrams
Mars Exploration Rover Instrument DiagramsMars Exploration Rover Instrument Diagrams
August 25, 2017
Mars Exploration Rover Instrument Diagrams
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This July 18, 2017, image from the navigation camera (Navcam) on the mast of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity provides a look back to the ...
View Back Uphill After Entering 'Perseverance Valley'View Back Uphill After Entering 'Perseverance Valley'
July 20, 2017
This July 18, 2017, image from the navigation camera (Navcam) on the mast of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity provides a look back to the crest of Endeavour Crater's rim after the rover began descending "Perseverance Valley" on th...
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This July 7, 2017, scene from the Navcam on NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows a view from the upper end of "Perseverance Valley" on the i...
View Down 'Perseverance Valley' After Entry at TopView Down 'Perseverance Valley' After Entry at Top
July 20, 2017
This July 7, 2017, scene from the Navcam on NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows a view from the upper end of "Perseverance Valley" on the inner slope of Endeavour Crater's rim. At left, the valley descends about 200 yards to the crater fl...
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This June 2017 view from the Pancam on NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows the area just above "Perseverance Valley" on a large crater's ...
Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' on MarsPanorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' on Mars
July 20, 2017
This June 2017 view from the Pancam on NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows the area just above "Perseverance Valley" on a large crater's rim. A broad notch in the crest of the rim, at right, might have been a spillway for a fluid that c...
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This June 2017 view from the Pancam on NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows the area just above "Perseverance Valley" on the western rim o...
Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' (Enhanced Color)Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' (Enhanced Color)
July 20, 2017
This June 2017 view from the Pancam on NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows the area just above "Perseverance Valley" on the western rim of Endeavour Crater. Color has been enhanced to make differences in surface materials more easily.
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This June 2017 stereo view from NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows the area just above "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of a crater. It ...
Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' on Mars (Stereo)Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' on Mars (Stereo)
July 20, 2017
This June 2017 stereo view from NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows the area just above "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of a crater. It combines images from the left eye and right eye of the rover's Pancam to appear three-dimensional ...
