The most powerful camera ever sent to another world has taken an amazing photo of one of NASA’s Rovers on Mars. The robotic explorer, called „Opportunity“, is pictured at the rim of a spectacular crater on the Red Planet in the aerial shot. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) took the stunning image with its HiRISE camera on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, just days after it began scanning the planet. HiRISE is so powerful that it clearly reveals „Opportunity“ and you can even see its tracks in the Martian sand at the edge of Victoria Crater. The crater, a 700-km wide asteroid impact site, is also revealed in great detail from the probe, flying 297 km above the surface of Mars.
„Victoria Crater“ at Meridiani Planum

NASA’s Mars Rover and Orbiter Team Examines Victoria Crater

HiRISE Camera on NASA Orbiter Gets Spectacular View of Rover at Victoria Crater