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Opportunity’s View on Sol 347 (Polar)

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this polar projection of its heat shield debris field on Jan. 14, 2005. The main piece of the heat shield is seen, with the smaller flank piece behind it and the divot caused by the impact.
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Credits: NASA/JPL
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this view of its heat shield debris field on the rover's 347th martian day, or sol (Jan. 14, 2005). The view is a southward-looking, 60-degree panorama assembled from four images taken by Opportunity's navigation camera. It is presented as a polar projection with geometric seam correction.