Opportunity’s View of the Rim of Endeavour

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU Download

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera to capture this view of Endeavour Crater’s rim after a drive during the rover’s 2,676th Martian day, or sol, of working on Mars (Aug. 4, 2011). The drive covered 396 feet (120.7 meters) and put the rover with about that much distance to go before reaching the chosen arrival site at the rim, called ‘Spirit Point.’

Endeavour Crater has been the rover team’s destination for Opportunity since the rover finished exploring Victoria crater in August 2008. Endeavour, with a diameter of about 14 miles (22 kilometers), offers access to older geological deposits than any Opportunity has seen before. This view looks toward a portion of the rim south of Spirit Point, including terrain that Opportunity may explore in the future.