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PIA05869: 'Burns Cliff' Beckons

This approximate true-color image taken by the panoramic camera NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the vertical drop on a feature called 'Burns Cliff' within the impact crater known as 'Endurance.'

Target Name:	Mars
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:	Opportunity
Instrument:	Panoramic Camera
Product Size:	640 x 480 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	Cornell University
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA05869.tif (652.1 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA05869.jpg (28.88 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This approximate true-color image taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights a feature called "Burns Cliff" within the impact crater known as "Endurance." Scientists are eager to explore this layered ridge for clues to the red planet's past. The only problem is its location: Burns Cliff is a vertical drop, which poses an interesting challenge for rover planners. Burns Cliff was named after the late scientist Roger Burns, who was one of the first to correctly propose the importance of sulfate and jarosite to the study of Mars' geologic history.

This image is a portion of a larger mosaic taken with the panoramic camera's 480-, 530- and 750-nanometer filters on sols 97 and 98.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:

2004-05-06