Opportunity Celebrates 3K Martian Days

The new image of the "Greeley Haven" slope is a composite of 817 separate images.

"The view provides rich geologic context for the detailed chemical and mineral work that the team did at Greeley Haven over the rover's fifth Martian winter," Arizona State University scientist Jim Bell tells USEmbassy.gov. Bell is the lead scientist for the panoramic camera on the government and academic team managing the mission.

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.)
The shadow of Opportunity at Endeavour Crater. (AP)
Opportunity Opportunity using its front hazard-identification camera to obtain this image. (AP)
Mars Rovers Opportunity using its front hazard-identification camera across Victoria Crater. (AP)
IDL TIFF file View of Victoria Crater from Opportunity. (AP)
IDL TIFF file View of promontory called "Cape Verde" at Victoria Crater. (AP)
Martian crater at Meridiani Planum surrounding Opportunity. (AP)
Martian landscape at Meridiani Planum. (AP)
Martian surface at Meridiani Planum. (AP)
Mars landscape 360° panorama view at Meridiani Planum. (AP)
Delta II rocket carrying NASA Mars Rover Opportunity lifts off, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (AP)
A digital image of Opportunity, which is roughly 2 meters across. Also visible in this image are "ancient light rock and numerous small gray pellets known as blueberries." Learn more here. (NASA.gov)
A detailed description of Opportunity's functions. (NASA.gov)
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