Opportunity Sol991 Cape Verde
The top of Cape Verde is in the immediate foreground at the center of the image. To the left and right are two of the more gradually sloped bays that alternate with the cliff-faced capes or promontories around the rim of the crater. "Duck Bay," where Opportunity first reached the rim, is to the right. Beyond Duck Bay counterclockwise around the rim, the next promontory is "Cabo Frio," about 150 meters (500 feet) from the rover. On the left side of the panorama is "Cape St. Mary," the next promontory clockwise from Cape Verde and about 40 meters (130 feet) from the rover. The vantage point atop Cape Verde offered a good view of the rock layers in the cliff face of Cape St. Mary, which is about 15 meters or 50 feet tall. By about two weeks after the Pancam finished collecting the images for this panorama, Opportunity had driven to Cape St. Mary and was photographing Cape Verde's rock layers.
The far side of the crater lies about 800 meters (half a mile) away, toward the southeast.
This view combines images taken through three of the Pancam's filters, admitting light with wavelengths centered at 750 nanometers (near infrared), 530 nanometers (green) and 430 nanometers (violet). It is presented in false color to emphasize differences among materials in the rocks and soils.Relevante Bilder
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OpportunityOpportunity war ein US-amerikanischer Erkundungsroboter zur geologischen Erforschung des Mars, der von 2004 bis 2018 aktiv war. Die Sonde wurde von der NASA am 7. Juli 2003 im Rahmen des Mars-Exploration-Rover-Programm gestartet. Sein ursprünglicher Name lautete deswegen auch Mars Exploration Rover B (MER-B) und wurde dann später in Opportunity geändert. .. weiterlesen