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Opportunity panorama: 'Burns Cliff,' sols 287-294

Opportunity panorama: 'Burns Cliff,' sols 287-294
Opportunity panorama: 'Burns Cliff,' sols 287-294 Opportunity scrambled slowly across the steeply sloped wall of Endurance Crater to reach "Burns Cliff," a vertical pile of finely layered rocks that was irresistible to the rover sceintists. From this precarious position it captured a 7-color panorama from sols 287 to 294 (November 13 to 20, 2004). The bulging appearance of the wall is due to Opportunity's very close position to it; in reality the view spans about 180 degrees and the wall is gently concave. For the full-resolution image, visit the Pancam website. NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell