Dune Bug
The Opportunity rover casts its shadow across the sands of Mars in this recent false-color image. The foreground color approximates the true color of the sand dunes that Opportunity is navigating, although the overall cast is bluer than on Mars. The ridge that cuts across the shadow of the rover's camera mast is about one foot tall. Opportunity is stuck in a field of small dunes, although engineers expect to design a plan that will get the rover out of the dunes, allowing it to continue its explorations. [NASA/JPL]
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