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OPP-SOL2417-Intrepid_Crater-1.jpgIntrepid Crater - Sol 2417 (Approximately True Colors; credits for the additonal process. and color.: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA)99 visiteCaption NASA:"Intrepid Crater on Mars carries the name of the Lunar Module of NASA's Apollo 12 Mission, which landed on Earth's Moon on November 19, 1969. NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this view of the Crater during the 2417th Martian Day, or Sol, of the Rover's work on Mars (Nov. 11, 2010).
This view is presented in Approximately True Color, combining exposures taken by Opportunity's Panoramic Camera (PanCam) through three filters admitting wavelengths of 752 nanometers, 535 nanometers and 432 nanometers. Intrepid Crater is about 20 meters (66 feet) in diameter. That is about the same size as the Crater where Opportunity spent its first two months on Mars: Eagle Crater.
The Rover's look-back image into Eagle Crater after driving out of it in 2004 is at PIA05755.
The Rover Science Team uses a convention of assigning the names of historic ships of exploration as the informal names for craters seen by Opportunity. Apollo 12's LM Intrepid carried Astronauts Alan Bean and Pete Conrad to the Surface of Earth's Moon while crewmate Dick Gordon orbited overhead in the Mission's CSM (Command and Service Module), Yankee Clipper. A view of Bean next to Intrepid on the Moon is online at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo12/html/as12-46-6749.html . An image of Conrad inspecting Robotic Lander Surveyor 3, with Intrepid on the Lunar Horizon nearby, is online at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo12/html/as12-48-7133.html".MareKromium
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OPP-SOL2417-Intrepid_Crater-2.jpgIntrepid Crater - Sol 2417 (Approximately True Colors; credits for the additonal process. and color.: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA)62 visiteCaption NASA:"The Robotic Rover Opportunity has chanced across another small crater on Mars. Pictured above is Intrepid Crater, a 20-meter across impact basin slightly larger than Nereus Crater - another small crater that Opportunity chanced across last year.
The above image is in Approximately True Color but horizontally compressed to accommodate a wide angle panorama. Intrepid Crater was named after the Lunar Module Intrepid that carried Apollo 12 Astronauts to Earth's Moon 41 years ago last month. Beyond Intrepid Crater and past long patches of the rusty Martian Desert, lie peaks from the Rim of large Endeavour Crater, visible on the horizon.
If Opportunity will be able to avoid ridged rocks and soft sand, it may reach Endeavour sometime next year. MareKromium
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OPP-SOL2417-Intrepid_Crater-3.jpgIntrepid Crater - Sol 2417 (an Image-Mosaic in Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additonal process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)95 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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