PIA06276: Crater of Clues
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft: Opportunity
Instrument: Panoramic Camera
Product Size: 22780 samples x 2723 lines
Produced By: Cornell University
Full-Res TIFF: PIA06276.tif (132.7 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA06276.jpg (6.655 MB)
QuickTime VR: PIA06276.mov (8.226 MB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This 360-degree panorama shows "Endurance Crater" and the surrounding plains of Meridiani Planum. This is the second large panoramic camera mosaic of Endurance, and was obtained from a high point near the crater's south rim.

It took seven sols to complete this panorama (sols 117-123), using 81 separate camera positions and six filters per position. The composite shown here is an approximate true-color rendering generated from the panoramic camera's 750-, 530- and 480-nanometer filters. The mosaic, shown at full-resolution, is 22,780 x 2,723 pixels in size.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-06-16