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Only 50 meters away... (1) - Sol 943
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Caption NASA originale:"A drive of about 60 mt (approx. 200 feet) on the 943rd Sol, of Opportunity's exploration of Mars' Meridiani Planum Region (such as Sept. 18, 2006) brought the NASA Rover to within about 50 mt (approx. 160 feet) of the rim of Victoria Crater.
This crater has been the mission's long-term destination for the past 21 Earth months. Opportunity reached a location from which the cameras on top of the Rover's mast could begin to see into the interior of Victoria.
This frame was taken on Sol 943 by the PanCam and it shows the upper portion of interior crater walls facing toward Opportunity from up to about 850 mt (half a mile) away. The amount of vertical relief visible at the top of the interior walls from this angle is about 15 mt (roughly 50 feet). The exposure was taken through a PanCam filter selecting wavelengths centered on 750 nanometers".
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