Opportunity at El Capitan
Caption:
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity casts a shadow over the El Capitan area that the rover is examining with tools on its robotic arm. Opportunity took this image with its front hazard-avoidance camera on Feb. 23, 2004, during the rover's 29th martian day, or sol. Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool to grind a small hole into Opportunity Ledge later on sol 29 to prepare for using the other tools on its arm to analyze the freshly exposed rock during subsequent sols.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Exploration Rover (MER) |
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Instrument Host |
Opportunity (MER-B) |
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Host Type |
Rover |
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Instrument |
Hazard Camera (Hazcam) |
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) |
Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Grayscale, Shadow |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2004-02-24 |
Date in Caption |
2004-02-23 |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05442 |
Identifier |
PIA05442 |