This 360-degree image, released by NASA on July 5, is a composite of 817 pictures snapped over the many months the Mars rover Opportunity spent perched on a slope called Greeley Haven, near Endeavour Crater. NASA’s next Red Planet rover, Curiosity, is scheduled to land August 5.
Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Cornell Univ., Arizona State Univ.
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