This view combines frames taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the rover's 652nd through 663rd
Martian days, or sols (Nov. 23 to Dec. 5, 2005), at the edge of "Erebus
Crater." The mosaic is presented as a polar projection. This type of
projection provides a kind of overhead view of all of the surrounding
terrain. Opportunity examined targets on the outcrop called "Rimrock" in
front of the rover, testing the mobility and operation of Opportunity's
robotic arm. The view shows examples of the dunes and ripples that
Opportunity has been crossing as the rover drives on the Meridiani plains.
This view is an approximate true color rendering composed of images taken
through the camera's 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer and 430-nanometer
filters.
