        APOD: 2018 April 4 - Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity

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                                 2018 April 4
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                  Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity
Image Credit: NASA [3] , JPL [4] , Cornell [5] , Opportunity Rover Team [6] ,

Explanation: The robotic rover Opportunity sometimes passes small craters on
Mars. Pictured here [7]  in 2010 is Intrepid Crater, a 20-meter across impact
basin slightly larger than Nereus Crater [8]  that Opportunity [9]  had
chanced across previously. The featured image [10]  is in approximately true
color but horizontally compressed [11]  to accommodate a wide angle panorama
[12] . Intrepid Crater was named after the lunar module Intrepid [13]  that
carried Apollo 12 [14]  astronauts to Earth's Moon [15]  49 years ago. Beyond
Intrepid Crater and past long patches of rusty [16]  Martian desert lie peaks
from the rim of large Endeavour Crater [17] , visible on the horizon. The
Opportunity rover continues [18]  to explore Mars, recently surpassing [19]
5,000 Martian days on the red planet.

                    Tomorrow's picture: southern swirl [20]

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