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.

[PatrickHenry]

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[furball4paws]

I see little to get excited about on FR lately, but these pictures - WOW!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Ha! I got my own crater. :-D

[Alberta's Child]

It's quite beautiful, of course. ;-)

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL.

[scott7278]

I'll set up the obligatory gift shop!

[ElphMostTimes]

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[Petronski]

Beautiful and profound.

Very deeply and pleasantly surprising.

[stanz]

Spectacular!

[stanz]

Is that one of my relatives?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Ha!

[Dustbunny]

Wow, thanks for posting. The pics are really great.

[DoctorMichael]

.....It looks like there is a nice ramp that will lead to the crater floor.......

I'm sure the project leaders have been sitting around conference tables the last few days discussing the best route to safely get the Rover down inside the crater so it can access the rock strata that are exposed along the rim. These are important since they'll tell a tale of Martian geological history and are a highly desirable 'target'.

[RandallFlagg]

Welcome to FR.

[DoctorMichael]

I 'd also like to reiterate a point...............

This is not a European Space Agency Rover.

This is not a Russian Space Agency Rover.

This is not a French Space Agency Rover.

This is not a German Space Agency Rover.

This is not a Chinese Space Agency Rover.

This is an American Space Agency Rover.

[sweetliberty]

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

That's because there are no bureaucrats on Mars...yet.

[DoctorMichael]

NASA Press release on the photos..................

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/newsroom/pressreleases/20061006a.html

[sweetliberty]

"The idiocy and blatant partisanship of the US media covering (Shilling?) stuff in DC, plus the Amish-story, has made for a bummer week."

I've come to the conclusion that the only way to avoid it, especially during an election season, is to keep the TV tuned to something that makes sense and doesn't make you want to break something...like Planet's Funniest Animals or Blue Collar TV.

[sweetliberty]

Have you seen these?

[Professional Engineer]

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

That was pre-preliminary break-in. Now they're into the shakedown cruise.