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The search for water on Mars
The search for water on Mars

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This figure is a photograph taken by the Opportunity rover of the martian surface. It is in shades of orange-brown. In the foreground is part of the rover’s deflated airbags. In the background is a dark brown surface with fine grained material and some boulders evident. In the distance, rock outcrops can be seen. The horizon slopes slightly to the right hand side and the sky is pale orange.
Figure 32 Opportunity at its landing site in a small, ~20 m diameter crater in Meridiani Planum. While it was not planned for Opportunity to land in a crater, the walls around it were the first rocks that the mission encountered. Image credit: NASA/JPL.

 4.6 Landing robotic geologists on Mars