Mars Rover Opportunity at Victoria Crater
HiRISE image of Victoria Crater
The Mars Rover Opportunity (whose exploits, along with that of it's twin, Spirit, I highlighted in this post back in March) is now exploring the 800-meter wide Victoria Crater- the largest crater that either of the Rovers has yet encountered. Opportunity has now been operating for over 960 days; 10 times it's expected lifetime! The Rover is now exploring the rim of the crater and will then descend into the crater itself, guided by the high-resolution images of Victoria Crater taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (or HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite. The combination of images from the Rover and the Orbiter are providing NASA with a wealth of scientific data on Victoria, which should reveal much about Mars' environmental history.
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