Saturday, October 07, 2006

MRO HiRISE views Opportunity on the rim of Victoria Crater

Wow!!! I was just blown away by the color picture that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) HiRISE camera took that shows Victoria crater and resolves the Opportunity rover on its rim. It is so well resolved that you can actually see the shadow of the Pancam mast assembly!!! A full resolution version of that image is here. Space.com also has a good article that takes quotes from the NASA press conference where they released the image.

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