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Opportunity: Landing
January 24, 2004
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this view after beginning to ascend the northwestern slope of "Solander Point" on the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
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Last Call to Opportunity
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Spirit's Snapshots of Mars
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Sweeping View of the "Columbia Hills" and Gusev Crater (3-D)
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'Hinners Point' Above Floor of 'Marathon Valley' on Mars (Enhanced Color)
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Dusty Solar Panels on Spirit
This false-color view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows "Lunokhod 2 Crater," which lies south of Solander Point on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
'Lunokhod 2 Crater' on Mars (False Color)
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High Martian Viewpoint for 11-Year-Old Rover (False-Color Landscape)
This image is an approximately true color rendering of the slope of "Endurance Crater," which the Opportunity rover explored in 2004.
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