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PIA11844: Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 1818 (Vertical)

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took images combined into this vertical full-circle view of Mars' Meridiani Planum region includes dark-toned sand ripples and small exposures of lighter-toned bedrock during March 7-9, 2009.

Target Name:	Mars
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:	Opportunity
Instrument:	Navigation Camera
Product Size:	4000 x 4000 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA11844.tif (16.02 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA11844.jpg (778.4 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this full-circle view of the rover's surroundings during the 1,818th Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's surface mission (March 5, 2009). South is at the center; north at both ends.

This view is presented as a vertical projection with geometric seam correction. North is at the top.

The rover had driven 80.3 meters (263 feet) southward earlier on that sol. Tracks from the drive recede northward in this view.

The terrain in this portion of Mars' Meridiani Planum region includes dark-toned sand ripples and lighter-toned bedrock.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2009-03-23