PIA06264: Inside Looking Up


Inside Looking Up

Caption:

This view from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rear hazard-avoidance camera looks back up toward the "Endurance Crater" rim from the deepest point of a dip into the crater during the rover's 134th martian day, or sol, on June 9, 2004. In this image, the rover is pitched forward about 18 degrees and the rear wheels are about 30 centimeters (about 12 inches) below the rim of the crater. The success of this engineering test of the slope and rock surface led rover planners to make plans to proceed into the crater for further scientific investigation.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Opportunity (MER-B)
Host Type Rover
Instrument Hazard Camera (Hazcam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Crater, Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-06-15
Date in Caption 2004-06-09
Image Credit NASA/JPL
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06264
Identifier PIA06264