A Safe Haven for Opportunity: Mars Panorama
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- Visualizations by:
- Mark Malanoski
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A new full-circle view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the ruddy terrain that surrounded the long-lived explorer during recent Martian winter months. Opportunity was stationary for four months on a northward-sloped outcrop-a safe place to angle the rover's solar panels toward the Sun in the northern sky during Southern Hemisphere winter. The science team named the site "Greeley Haven," after team member Ron Greeley.
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Credits
Animation created at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/EOS PSO from image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State University
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Animator
- Mark Malanoski (GST) [Lead]
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Writer
- Heather Hanson (GST)
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Project support
- Eric Sokolowsky (GST)
- Marit Jentoft-Nilsen (None)
Datasets used in this visualization
Opportunity PIA15689 (Collected with the Panoramic Camera sensor)
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