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PIA06871: Opportunity's Travels During its First 205 Martian Days
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) 
Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  1054 x 701 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06871.tif (1.006 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06871.jpg (74.08 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This map shows the traverse of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity through the rover's 205th martian day, or sol (Aug. 21, 2004). The background image is from the rover's descent imaging camera. Images inset along the route are from Opportunity's navigation camera. Opportunity began its exploration inside "Eagle" crater near the left edge of the map. Following completion of its study of the outcrop there, it traversed eastward to a small crater ("Fram" crater) before driving southeastward to the rim of "Endurance" crater. After a survey partly around the south rim of Endurance crater, Opportunity drove inside the southwest rim of Endurance crater and began a systematic study of outcrops exposed on the crater's inner slope.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/New Mexico Museum of Natural History

Image Addition Date:
2004-09-21