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Mars: Opportunity's landing site, the Challenger Memorial Station

author: Nasa/JPL/Cornell/Novapix

reference: a-mar08-50020

Image Size 300 DPI: 31 * 23 cm

This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's now-empty lander, the Challenger Memorial Station, at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The image was acquired on the 24th martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's mission at approximately 13:00 Local Solar Time. This is a mosaic image consisting of 12 color images acquired with the camera's red, green and blue filters. The color balance has been set to approximate the colors that a human eye would see.

Keywords for this photo:

2004 - AIRBAG - ASTRONOMY - CHALLENGER MEMORIAL STATION - CRATER - EAGLE - IMPACT CRATER - LANDSCAPE - MARS - MARS EXPLORATION ROVER - MARTIAN SURFACE - MERIDIANI PLANUM - OPPORTUNITY - PLANET - SOIL - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE - TRACKS -