MER Spirit
MER Opportunity
- Descent Images
- Crater Panorama
- Rover Arm - Stereo Image
- Soil Closeup
- Egress
- Bedrock Outcrop
- Descent Stage on Plain
- Stone Mountain
- Stone Mountain Layers
- Guadalupe Closeup
- Jarosite Spectrum
- Minerals formed in Water - PR
- Berry Bowl
- Berries Closeup
- Rock Outcrop Labelled
- Berries Contain Hematite - PR
Link to Source: NASA JPL Mars Rovers Site
Michael Gallagher
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A camera in the base of Opportunity's descent stage snapped these images as the spacecraft descended by parachute to the surface of Mars on 24th January 2004. The red line traces the point directly beneath the spacecraft during the final stages of its descent.