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Astronomy Picture of the Day
At the Edge of Victoria Crater
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04.07.2007 00:00
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At the Edge of Victoria Crater
Explanation: We're going in. The
robotic Opportunity rover
currently rolling across
Mars
has been prowling around the edge of the largest crater it has visited since
landing over three years ago
. It has been studying
Victoria crater
and looking for a way in. Now
scientists on Earth
have decided to take a
calculated risk
and plan to send Opportunity right into this ancient Martian crater over the next few weeks.
Pictured is
Cape St. Vincent, part of the wall of
Victoria Crater
next to where
Opportunity
will descend. The wall itself appears to contain clues about the
Martian terrain before the impact that created Victoria crater, and so will be
studied
during the daring descent. Above the crater wall, far in the distance, lays a relatively featureless
Martian horizon
.
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