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Farewell Glance at 'Endurance'

Dec. 13, 2004
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed out of 'Endurance Crater' on Dec. 12, 2004 and used its front hazard-avoidance camera to look back across the crater from the rim.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed out of "Endurance Crater" during the rover's 315th sol (Dec. 12, 2004), and used its front hazard-avoidance camera to look back across the crater from the rim. The rover spent just over six months inside the stadium-sized crater, examining in detail the tallest stack of bedrock layers ever seen up close on a foreign planet.

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