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This 3-D image captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rear hazard-identification camera shows the now-empty lander that carried the rover 283 million miles to Meridiani Planum, Mars. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
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Vacant Lander in 3-D

This 3-D image captured by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rear hazard-identification camera shows the now-empty lander that carried the rover 283 million miles to Meridiani Planum, Mars. Engineers received confirmation that Opportunity's six wheels successfully rolled off the lander and onto martian soil at 3:01 a.m. PST, January 31, 2004, on the seventh martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover is approximately 1 meter (3 feet) in front of the lander, facing north.

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Image details

ID#:
PIA05183

Date added:
2004-01-31

Target:
Mars

Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)

Spacecraft:
Opportunity

Instruments:
Hazard Avoidance Camera

Size:
1024 x 1024 pixels (width x height)

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Full-Res TIFF:
PIA05183.tif (2.14 MB)

Full-Res JPG:
PIA05183.jpg (0.09 MB)

Image credit:
NASA/JPL