Planet Mars Rover 360˚ VR – Taken on Mars

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this vista of “Victoria Crater” from the viewpoint of “Cape Verde,” one of the promontories that are part of the scalloped rim of the crater. Opportunity drove onto Cape Verde shortly after arriving at the rim of Victoria in September 2006. The view combines hundreds of exposures taken by the rover’s panoramic camera (Pancam). The camera began taking the component images during Opportunity’s 970th Martian day, or sol, on Mars (Oct. 16, 2006). Work on the panorama continued through the solar conjunction period, when Mars was nearly behind the sun from Earth’s perspective and communications were minimized.