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PIA03609: Opportunity Traverse Map, Sol 656
This combined image taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey, and Mars Global Surveyor, shows the route that Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity had taken its landing site inside 'Eagle Crater' to its position on Nov. 27, 2005, at the edge of Erebus Crater.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
2001 Mars Odyssey 
 Spacecraft:  Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
Mars Orbiter Camera
THEMIS
 Instrument:  Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) 
Mars Orbiter Camera 
Thermal Emission Imaging System 
 Product Size:  1415 x 2044 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03609.tif (8.693 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03609.jpg (249.9 kB)  

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Annotated Opportunity Traverse Map

This image shows the route that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has taken from its landing site inside "Eagle Crater" to its position on its 656th Martian day, or sol, (Nov. 27, 2005) at the edge of "Erebus Crater." The base image is a portion of a mosaic (previously released as PIA07506) combining images from the Mars Observer Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter, the Thermal Emission Imaging System on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, and Opportunity's own Descent Image Motion Estimation System. The scale bar at lower right is 800 meters (one-half mile). As of sol 656, Opportunity had driven a total of 6,502 meters (4.04 miles).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/OSU

Image Addition Date:
2005-12-05