A new panorama of Mars's Victoria crater has been released in honour of the hardy rover Opportunity's 1000th sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet. Meanwhile, Opportunity's twin, Spirit, has started moving again after seven months of being parked in the same spot.
Opportunity, which celebrated its 1000th sol on Wednesday, took the panorama on 5 October from a perch on the Cape Verde promontory at the edge of the 800-metre-wide crater. Tracks in the Martian soil show the rover's path around Victoria's rim, and wind-sculpted sand dunes sit on the crater floor.
by
kysoh
2006-11-16 19:43
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