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Oppy’s marathon route

Oppy’s marathon route
Oppy’s marathon route The gold line on the image on the left shows Opportunity's route from the Eagle Crater landing site to Marathon Valley, not too far from her current location in Perseverance Valley. The MER mission has been exploring the western rim of Endeavour Crater since August 2011.The base image for the map is a mosaic of images taken by the Context Camera onboard the MRO. Larry Crumpler, of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, provided the route add-on. The image on the right shows the rover’s traverse to Marathon Valley, mapped by JPL’s Tim Parker onto an image from the HiRISE camera onboard MRO. NASA /JPL-Caltech / MSSS / NMMNHS / UA