This navigation camera mosaic, created from images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on sols 115 and 116 (May 21 and 22, 2004) provides a dramatic view of "Endurance Crater
NASA recently released this mosaic of Endurance Crater on Mars, which was explored by the rover Opportunity.
The image was created by combining images taken in May.
The rover engineering team plotted the safest path into the crater, which is about the size of a football field and was carved by the impact of a space rock. The rover eased down the slopes in June.
To the upper left of the crater sits the rover's protective heatshield, which sheltered Opportunity as it passed through the martian atmosphere. For the technically minded, officials say this 360-degree view is presented in a cylindrical projection, with geometric and radiometric seam correction.
A high-resolution version of the image is here.
-- SPACE.com Staff
Image Credit: NASA/JPL
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