PIA05138: First Panoramic Look at Meridiani Planum, Mars
This 360-degree panorama from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover shortly after it touched down at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  1922 x 595 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05138.tif (761.4 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05138.jpg (133.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This 360-degree panorama is one of the first images beamed back to Earth from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shortly after it touched down at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The image was captured by the rover's navigation camera.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-25