Opportunity Phones Home – Dusty Self Portrait from Endeavour Crater on Mars
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity snapped this self-portrait mosaic showcasing her current work-site location at the rim of Endeavour Crater in the background and dusty solar panels with full view of the High Gain Antenna (HGA) in the foreground as she endures her 5th frigid Martian winter. Inset Mosaic shows dusty Rover Self Portrait in Dec 2011 – Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ. Opportunity is parked on a north-facing slope called Greeley Haven. The panoramic mosaic was assembled from images taken by Opportunity on Martian Sol 2852, 1 February 2012.
Mosaic: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU/Marco Di Lorenzo/Kenneth Kremer
Full Self-Portrait below
Opportunity, the Princess of Martian Robots, phoned home dusty new self portraits – above and below – of her beautiful bod basking in the utterly frigid sunshine during her 5th winter on the Red Planet whilst overlooking a humongous crater offering bountiful science.
NASA’s endearing robot is simultaneously carrying out an ambitious array of ground breaking science experiments this winter – providing insight into the mysterious nature of the Martian core – while sitting stationary until the energy augmenting rays of the Martian springtime Sun shower down from the heavens above.(…)
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