Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity
Explanation:
The robotic rover Opportunity sometimes passes small craters on Mars.
Pictured here in 2010 is Intrepid Crater, a 20-meter across impact basin
slightly larger than
Nereus Crater that
Opportunity had chanced across previously.
The featured image is in approximately true color but horizontally
compressed
to accommodate a
wide angle panorama.
Intrepid Crater was named after the
lunar module Intrepid that carried
Apollo 12 astronauts to
Earth's Moon 49 years ago.
Beyond Intrepid Crater and past long patches of
rusty Martian desert lie peaks from the rim of large
Endeavour Crater, visible
on the horizon.
The
Opportunity rover continues to explore Mars,
recently surpassing 5,000 Martian
days on the red planet.
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