PIA11844: Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 1818 (Vertical)
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera
 Product Size:  4000 x 4000 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
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 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA11844.jpg (778.4 kB)

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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this full-circle view of the rover's surroundings during the 1,818th Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's surface mission (March 5, 2009). South is at the center; north at both ends.

This view is presented as a vertical projection with geometric seam correction. North is at the top.

The rover had driven 80.3 meters (263 feet) southward earlier on that sol. Tracks from the drive recede northward in this view.

The terrain in this portion of Mars' Meridiani Planum region includes dark-toned sand ripples and lighter-toned bedrock.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2009-03-23