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PIA06046: Downward Slope
This false-color image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity panoramic camera shows a downward view from the rover as it sits at the edge of 'Endurance' crater. The gradual, 'blueberry'-strewn slope contains an exposed dark layer of rock.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  4230 x 2054 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06046.tif (21.32 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06046.jpg (1.216 MB)  

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This false-color image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity panoramic camera shows a downward view from the rover as it sits at the edge of "Endurance" crater. The gradual, "blueberry"-strewn slope before the rover contains an exposed dark layer of rock that wraps around the upper section of the crater. Scientists suspect that this rock layer will provide clues about Mars' distant past. This mosaic image comprises images taken from 10 rover positions using 750, 530 and 430 nanometer filters, acquired on sol 131 (June 6, 2004).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-06-09