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Left-eye view of a color stereo pair for PIA11787
Right-eye view of a color stereo pair for PIA11787
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take
the images combined into this stereo, 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 combines images from the left-eye and right-eye sides of the
navigation camera. It appears three-dimensional when viewed through
red-blue glasses with the red lens on the left.
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.
This view is presented as a cylindrical-perspective projection with geometric
seam correction.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image Addition Date:
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2009-02-03
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