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PIA08806: Layers of 'Cabo Frio' in 'Victoria Crater' (False Color)
This false-color image taken on Sept. 28, 2006 from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows Victoria crater, looking southeast from Duck Bay towards the dramatic promontory called Cabo Frio.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  3639 x 1042 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08806.tif (11.38 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08806.jpg (504.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This view of "Victoria crater" is looking southeast from "Duck Bay" towards the dramatic promontory called "Cabo Frio." The small crater in the right foreground, informally known as "Sputnik," is about 20 meters (about 65 feet) away from the rover, the tip of the spectacular, layered, Cabo Frio promontory itself is about 200 meters (about 650 feet) away from the rover, and the exposed rock layers are about 15 meters (about 50 feet) tall. This is an enhanced false color rendering of images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the rover's 952nd sol, or Martian day, (Sept. 28, 2006) using the camera's 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer and 430-nanometer filters.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2006-10-06