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COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Image of the Day Gallery
Record
Title:
Cape Verde, Mars
Creator:
NASA
Description:
This Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Pancam "super resolution" mosaic of the approximately 6 meter (20 foot) high cliff face of the Cape Verde promontory was taken by the rover from inside Victoria Crater, during the rover's descent into Duck Bay. Super-resolution is an imaging technique that utilizes information from multiple pictures of the same target in order to generate an image with a higher resolution than any of the individual images. Cape Verde is a geologically rich outcrop and is teaching scientists about how rocks at Victoria crater were modified since they were deposited long ago. This image complements super resolution mosaics obtained at Cape St. Mary and Cape St. Vincent and is consistent with the hypothesis that Victoria crater is located in the middle of what used to be an ancient sand dune field. This image was acquired on sols 1342 and 1356 (Nov. 2 and 17, 2007). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
Date:
4/1/08
Identifier:
220470main_PIA10209_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2008
What:
Mars
What:
Crater
What:
Opportunity
What:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Where:
Victoria
Where:
Cape Verde

Cape Verde, Mars

Cape Verde, Mars