Payson Outcrop (1) - Sol 744

The PanCam aboard NASA's MER Opportunity acquired this panorama of the "Payson" outcrop on the western edge of Erebus Crater during Opportunity's Sol 744 (Feb. 26, 2006). From this vicinity at the northern end of the outcrop, layered rocks are observed in the crater wall, which is about 1 mt (3,3 feet) thick. The view also shows rocks disrupted by the crater-forming impact event and subjected to erosion over time.
To the left of the outcrop, a flat, thin layer of spherule-rich soils overlies more outcrop materials. The Rover is currently traveling down this road and observing the approx. 25-meter (82-foot) length of the outcrop prior to departing Erebus crater.

The panorama camera took 28 separate exposures of this scene, using four different filters. The resulting panorama covers about 90° of terrain around the Rover. This approx. true-color rendering was made using the camera's 753-, 535- and 423-nnmt filters. Image-to-image seams have been eliminated from the sky portion of the mosaic to better simulate the vista a person standing on Mars would see.