Photos from Mars' Victoria Crater (Caution: Photo-intense)

NASA ^ | 10/6/06 | NASA

[DoctorMichael]

Photo shows the area in which Opportunity landed, the track outlined path it took over two years to negotiate 6 miles of desert to Victoria Crater

Victoria Crater.

The Mars-orbiting NASA satellite took a picture as it
passed Victoria Crater and actually captured the Rover
sitting on the edge of the crater.........A blow-up of
the satellite photo showing Opportunity sitting on the crater's rim

False color looking North to Cape Verde; great rock layers to explore.

Looking Southeast across Duck Bay.

[DoctorMichael]

I'm jacked!US engineering at its best! Rover Opportunity has spent 2 years crossing a lot of barren desert-like territory to get over here. Its amazing its been able to keep on truckin'. I hope they get some nice data from this area.

[Shellback Chuck]

I thought these rovers were only supposed to last 3 months....wow.

[Liberty Valance]

Amazing photos. Thanks for posting.

[true_blue_texican]

They get great gas-mileage ;-)

[rock_lobsta]

Wow! That's some serious zoomage on those photos.

[driftdiver]

Thanks for posting. These are tremendous.

[gaijin]

A government program that has OVERdelivered....?!

[Tokra]

[magellan]

Wow! We have a satellite orbiting Mars that can photograph a little remote controlled rover.

That should scare our enemies.

Wait, I'm sure the Democrats will complain NASA is invading the privacy of the rover.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Is that water in the crater? Looks like it to me.

[MineralMan]

The largest photo of the whole crater is amazing. You can clearly see the direction the prevailing winds blow, and the dunes on the floor of the crater are spectacular. I'd love to have a huge blowup of that photo.

[Dog]

Molly wait until you see these....wow.

[DoctorMichael]

......A government program that has OVERdelivered....?!.....

*LOL* For a change.

[DainBramage]

[bert]

I think Slartybartfast did the Fijord work around the rim.

[BigBobber]

Very exciting! Thanks for posting.

[6SJ7]

The Mars-orbiting NASA satellite took a picture as it passed Victoria Crater and actually captured the Rover sitting on the edge of the crater.

That is an amazing picture! Nice to get away from the terrestrial concerns for a bit with stuff like this. Thanks!

[Calvin Locke]

OVERdelivered....?!

Huh? Another government program that refuses to die...

At least they're actually learning something.

[DoctorMichael]

Ripples in center of crater are huge "Sand Dunes". I guess a lot of loose dirt has been blown into the crater over the years and has collected as dunes.

[groanup]

lol.