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Originally Posted by adman
I was just reading that the endeavour crater is about 14km wide...I was thinking that the small crater in the foreground was it - but the opposite rim of the crater must be the hills in the far distance? Is that right?
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Yes that's right
Endeavour crater is huge, actually 22km (13.7 miles). This is a completely different terrain than the flat Meridiani which we've been staring at for 7 years now
Still, those plains blew me away back when Opportunity landed. I recall putting together a colour image from the raw frames before the first official colour photos were released - I was just stunned, it really had a truly 'alien' look. This area was always very different from the other landing sites I think.
I'm also looking forward to the massive Curiousity rover now, that'll be spectacular. Hopefully the 'sky crane' works!
