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COURTESY OF NASA / JPL / ASU / Cornell
Above , this view in approximately true color reveals details in an impact crater informally named “ Fram ” in the Meridian Planum region of Mars . The picture is a mosaic of frames taken by the panoramic camera on NASA ’ s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the rover ’ s 88th martian day on Mars , on April 23 , 2004 . The crater spans about 8 meters ( 26 feet ) in diameter . Opportunity paused beside it while traveling from the rover ’ s landing site toward a larger crater farther east . This view combines images taken using three of the camera ’ s filters for different wavelengths of light : 750 nanometers , 530 nanometers and 430 nanometers . Below , Opportunity ’ s view from the top of Cape Tribulation on the rim of Endeavour Crater on Jan . 22 , 2015 .
COURTESY OF NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona
This image , released on Memorial Day , May 26 , 2008 , shows the American flag and a mini-DVD on the Phoenix ’ s deck , which is about 3 ft . above the Martian surface . The mini-DVD from the Planetary Society contains a message to future Martian explorers , science fiction stories and art inspired by the Red Planet , and the names of more than a quarter million earthlings .
COURTESY OF NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona / Texas A & M University
A thin layer of water frost is visible on the ground around NASA ’ s Phoenix Mars Lander in this image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager at 6 a . m . on Sol 79 ( August 14 , 2008 ), the 79th Martian day after landing . The frost began to disappear shortly after 6 a . m . as the sun rose on the Phoenix landing site .
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