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'Karatepe': An Approachable Target

May 6, 2004
This image highlights the 'Karatepe' ingress, where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity began its traverse down into 'Endurance Crater' on July 5, 2004.

This approximate true-color image taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights a feature called "Karatepe" within the impact crater known as "Endurance." Scientists believe this layered band of rock may be a good place to begin studying Endurance because it is less steep and more approachable than the rest of the crater's rocky outcrops.

This image is a portion of a larger mosaic taken with the panoramic camera's 480-, 530- and 750-nanometer filters on sols 97 and 98.

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