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Panorama - Sol 5084 (Image-Mosaic - Approximate True Colors)
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Caption NASA:"This 360° panorama is composed of 354 images taken by the MER Opportunity's Panoramic Camera (or "PanCam", for short) from May 13 through June 10, 2018, or Soles (i.e.: Martian Days) 5084 to and through 5111.
This is the last panorama Opportunity acquired before the solar-powered MER succumbed to a Global Martian Dust Storm on the same abovementioned Sol. This version of the scene is presented in Approximate True Colors.
To the right (Dx) of center and near the top of the frame, the Rim of Endeavour Crater rises in the distance. Just to the left (Sx) of that, Rover Tracks begin their descent from over the horizon towards the location that would become Opportunity's final resting spot in Perseverance Valley, where the panorama was taken.
At the bottom, just left of center, is the Rocky Outcrop Opportunity was investigating with the instruments on its Robotic Arm (or RA, for short). To the right of center and halfway down the frame is another Rocky Outcrop — about 23 feet (such as abou 7 meters) distant from the camera — called "Ysleta del Sur," which Opportunity investigated from March 3 through 29, 2018, or Soles 5015 through 5038. In the far right and left of the frame are the bottom of Perseverance Valley and the Floor of Endeavour Crater.
Located on the inner Slopes of the Western Rim of Endeavour Crater, Perseverance Valley is a system of shallow Troughs descending eastward about the length of two football fields from the crest of Endeavour's Rim to its Floor.
This (note: they wrote Approximate) True-Color version combines images collected through three PanCam filters. The filters admit light centered on wavelengths of 753 nanometers (near-infrared), 535 nanometers (green) and 432 nanometers (blue). The three-color bands are combined.
A few frames (bottom left) remain black and white, as the solar-powered rover did not have the time to photograph those locations using the green and violet filters before a severe Mars-wide Dust Storm swept in on June 2018".
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