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Explanation: What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover currently exploring Mars. Opportunity and sister robot Spirit have been probing the red planet since January, finding evidence of ancient water, and sending breathtaking images across the inner Solar System. Pictured above, Opportunity looks opposite the Sun into Endurance Crater and sees its own shadow. Two wheels are visible on the lower left and right, while the floor and walls of the unusual crater are visible in the background. Opportunity is cautiously edging its way into this enigmatic crater, hoping to find new clues into the wet ancient past of our Solar System's second most habitable planet.
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Publications with keywords: Mars - Opportunity rover - shadow
Publications with words: Mars - Opportunity rover - shadow
See also:
- APOD: 2024 September 9 Á Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos
- APOD: 2024 June 5 Á Shadow of a Martian Robot
- APOD: 2024 April 23 Á Contrail Shadow X
- Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
- APOD: 2024 February 11 Á Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon
- The Shadow of Ingenuity s Damaged Rotor Blade
- APOD: 2024 January 22 Á Shadows of Mountain and Moon