Can You Spot the Mars Rover in This Gorgeous Photo?
It’s in there somewhere, we swear!
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The quirky, personable Curiosity rover isn’t the only little car currently powering its way around Mars. The Opportunity rover has been trekking its way across Mars since it landed back in 2004. It’s traveled the furthest of any car-type vehicle NASA has ever put on a celestial body other than the Earth, having driven 22.220 miles when it took the record a few months ago. A few weeks ago, a NASA project called HiRISE took a photo of Opportunity from high above. See if you can spot little Opportunity in this stunning image of Mars’ Endeavour crater put together by The Planetary Society’s Emily Lakdawalla:
If you click on the photo, you’ll get a higher resolution version. If even that isn’t enough, look here for a truly massive photo.
Having trouble? Here, we’ll help you out. Opportunity is somewhere in this photo:
Still nothing? A little closer, then.
There it is!
Looking at these two maps together, made by Eduardo Tesheiner for the Unmanned Spaceflight forums, says Lakdawalla, shows you all the places Opportunity has been since it touched down nearly a decade ago. Lakdawalla and the rest of The Planetary Society team put together stunning photos all the time. If you like to gawk at space, they’re really your people.
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