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You’ve come a long way, baby

You’ve come a long way, baby
You’ve come a long way, baby Journey back to January 2004...this is one of the first images that Opportunity took after bouncing down to a perfect landing on Jan. 24, 2004 PST. “What we were hoping to find was right there in front of us – bam! Bedrock!” said MER PI Steve Squyres that night. The rover took this image with her Navigation Camera. NASA / JPL-Caltech