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Opportunity captured by HiRISE

Opportunity captured by HiRISE
Opportunity captured by HiRISE The planet-encircling dust event (PEDE) that wrapped Mars in a blanket of dust in from late June through August 2018 finally ended in late September and MRO flew over Endeavour Crater to take an image of the Opportunity. This animation shows the rover appearing in the center of this square. From the image, the MER team members could see that dusty sky over Perseverance Valley is substantially cleared. The University of Arizona in Tucson operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona