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Close-up view

Close-up view
Close-up view “It is comforting to see the rover again,” said MER PI Steve Squyres. Author and astronomy outreach educator, Stuart Atkinson processed a closer-up version of the image HiRISE took in September (left). Opportunity is right in the middle of the image. Searching for a little levity, he processed a solar array image the robot took some time ago, and then added the jokester plea seen on dirty vehicles around the world. See Atkinson’s The Road to Endeavour. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UA / additional processing S. Atkinson