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PIA08631: Opportunity Approaches the Bowl of Beagle Crater (False Color)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity acquired this false-color image of the rim Beagle Crater July 30, 2006. The image reveals ejecta blocks near the rover and a portion of the eastern interior rim of Beagle Crater, which appears composed of jumbled.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  3714 x 635 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08631.tif (7.075 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08631.jpg (327.4 kB)  

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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity acquired this false-color image of the rim of the 35-meter (115-foot) diameter Beagle Crater on Martian day, or sol, 894 (July 30, 2006) using the panoramic camera's 753-nanometer, 535-nanometer, and 432-nanometer filters. At the time the rover was about 25 meters (82 feet) from Beagle Crater, looking east-southeast. The image reveals ejecta blocks near the rover, the largest of which is about 50 centimeters (20 inches) across. The image also shows a portion of the eastern interior rim of Beagle Crater, which appears composed of jumbled, angular blocks of brighter and darker outcrop rocks. The rover will drive to the rim of Beagle and acquire an extensive color panorama of the crater rim and interior in the coming sols.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2006-08-16