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Opportunity
on Surface Looking Back at Lander
This image captured by the Mars
Exploration Rover Opportunity's rear hazard-identification camera
shows the now-empty lander that carried the rover 283 million
miles to Meridiani Planum, Mars. Engineers received confirmation
that Opportunity's six wheels successfully rolled off the lander
and onto martian soil at 3:01 a.m. PST, January 31, 2004, on
the seventh martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover is
approximately 1 meter (3 feet) in front of the lander, facing
north.
A smaller version
of this photo was included in the article:
Opportunity Rolls Off Lander, Both
Rovers Now Mobile - January 31, 2004
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