[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Sees Distant Crater Rims on Horizon

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 19:02:11 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201005030202.o4322B3E020920_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-146

Mars Rover Sees Distant Crater Rims on Horizon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
April 30, 2010

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured a new view of the
rim of Endeavour crater, the rover's destination in a multi-year
traverse along the sandy Martian landscape. A portion of the rim about
13 kilometers (8 miles) away appears on the horizon at the left edge of
the image, along with the rim of an even more distant crater, Iazu, on
the right.

Endeavour is 21 kilometers (13 miles) in diameter, about 25 times wider
than Victoria crater, the last major crater Opportunity visited.
Opportunity began a marathon from Victoria to Endeavour in September
2008 after spending two years exploring Victoria.
Received on Sun 02 May 2010 10:02:11 PM PDT