This view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows bedrock
within a stratigraphic layer informally named "Gilbert," which is the
rover's next target after completing an examination of three stratigraphic
layers forming a bright band around the inside of Victoria Crater. The
rover will descend deeper into the crater to reach the Gilbert layer.
Opportunity used its panoramic camera (Pancam) to capture this image with
low-sun angle at a local solar time of 3:30 p.m. during the rover's
1,429th Martian day, of sol (Jan. 31, 2008).
This view combines separate images taken through the Pancam filters
centered on wavelengths of 753 nanometers, 535 nanometers and 432
nanometers. It is presented in a false-color stretch to bring out subtle
color differences in the scene.