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PIA05312: At Home in the Crater
The wheel tracks seen above and to the left of the lander trace the path NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has traveled since landing in a small crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  4476 x 1734 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05312.tif (3.667 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05312.jpg (423.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
The wheel tracks seen above and to the left of the lander trace the path the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has traveled since landing in a small crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars. After this picture was taken, the rover excavated a trench near the soil seen at the lower left corner of the image. This image mosaic was taken by the rover's navigation camera.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-17