NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take
the images combined into this full-circle view of the rover's surroundings
on the 1,506th through 1,510th Martian days, or sols, of Opportunity's
mission on Mars (April 19-23, 2008). North is at the top.
This view is presented as a polar projection with geometric seam
correction.
The site is within an alcove called "Duck Bay" in the western portion of
Victoria Crater. Victoria Crater is about 800 meters (half a mile) wide.
Opportunity had descended into the crater at the top of Duck Bay 7 months
earlier. By the time the rover acquired this view, it had examined rock
layers inside the rim.
Opportunity was headed for a closer look at the base of a promontory
called "Cape Verde," the cliff at about the 2-o'clock position of this
image, before leaving Victoria. The face of Cape Verde is about 6 meters
(20 feet) tall. Just clockwise from Cape Verde is the main bowl of
Victoria Crater, with sand dunes at the bottom. A promontory called "Cabo
Frio," at the southern side of Duck Bay, stands near the 6-o'clock
position of the image.