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Opportunity's Selfie

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity catches Its Own late-afternoon shadow Dramatically in this bed view eastward across Endeavour Crater on Mars. The rover panoramic camera Used the (Pancam) Between about 4:30 and 5:00 pm local time in March to record pictures taken-through different filters and combinée Into this mosaic view. Most of the component pictures Were Recorded During The 2.888 th Martian day, or ground, of Opportunity's work on Mars (March 9, 2012). At That Time, Opportunity WAS Spending low-solar-energy of the Martian winter weeks at the Greeley Haven outcrop on the Cape York segment of Endeavour's western rim. In order to Give the mosaic is rectangular aspect, Some Small share of the edges of the mosaic and sky Were filled in with an image of shares Acquired Earlier as a proportion of 360-degree panorama from The Same location. Opportunity has-beens Studying the western rim of Endeavour Crater since Arriving There in August 2011. This crater spans 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter, or about The Same area as the city of Seattle. This is 20 times more Than Than WIDER Victoria Crater, the Largest Impact Crater Opportunity That HAD Examined calculated previously. The interior basin of Endeavour is in the upper half of this view. The combined mosaic image taken about a dozen-through Pancam filters centered on 753 nanometers of Wavelengths (near infrared), 535 nanometers (green) and 432 nanometers (violet). The view is presented in false color to Make Some Differences Between materials cutting easier to see, Such as the dark sandy ripples and dunes on the crater's floor remote. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / Arizona State Univ.
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