Shadow Portrait of NASA Rover Opportunity on Martian Slope

[Stephanie Wilson]

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity caught its own silhouette in this late-afternoon image taken by the rover's rear hazard avoidance camera. This camera is mounted low on the rover and has a wide-angle lens.The image was taken looking eastward shortly before sunset on the 3,609th Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's work on Mars (March 20, 2014). The rover's shadow falls across a slope called the McClure-Beverlin Escarpment on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, where Opportunity is investigating rock layers for evidence about ancient environments.* The scene includes a glimpse into the distance across the 14-mile-wide (22-kilometer-wide) crater.Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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