Mars exploration rover Opportunity’s parting panorama from
Perseverance Valley spans 360 degrees in this false color mosaic. The scene is composed of 354 individual
images recorded through 3 different color filters by the rover’s panoramic
camera from May 13 through June
10, 2018. A few frames remain in black and white at the lower left
though.
Those were obtained through only one filter just before a dust storm
engulfed Mars in June 2018, ultimately ending the solar-powered rover’s
trailblazing 15 year mission. Just right of center, the annotation identifies
Opportunity’s entry point to Perseverance Valley along the Endeavor crater’s
western rim. The rover’s tracks begin there, extending from over the horizon
toward the far right and its final resting spot on the Red Planet.
Image and info:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Image Credit: NASAJPL-CaltechCornellASU
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