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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has been working on Mars since landing inside Eagle Crater on Jan. 25, 2004 (Universal Time; evening of Jan. 24, PacificStandard Time). The gold line on this image shows Opportunity's route from the landing site, in upper left, to the area it is investigating on the western rim of Endeavour Crater as the date approaches for the rover's 10th anniversary on Mars, in Earth years.
The map shows Opportunity's location as of the 3,486th Martian day, or sol, of its exploration of Mars (Nov. 13, 2013). By that sol, it had driven 24.01 miles (38.64 kilometers) and was ascending "Murray Ridge" above "Solander Point" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The features are all within the Meridiani Planum region of equatorial Mars, which was chosen as Opportunity's landing area because of earlier detection of the mineral hematite from orbit.
The base image for the map is a mosaic of images taken by the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 5-kilometer scale bar is 3.1 miles long, and the diameter of Endeavour Crater is about 14 miles (22 kilometers). North is up.
An exploration of Koishikawa Korakuen with lamonse, verofonte and elcalamar. See the slideshow.
A few words about the title, after some funny exchanges took place. As Ojisanjake properly comments below, this is a case of landscape enhancement, something not unusual for Japanese culture since centuries ago. Japanese Gardens are "the result of spending many hours moving earth and trees" (to quote Donald Keene), and the views of Koishikawa Korakuen, evocating famous Chinese landscapes, are of course not natural. They are mainly a cultural creation. (More details in the set page.)
Commander's log, Date 04.30.2735:
Today marked the beginning of my team's descent into the cave which I mentioned earlier. We brought light sources, but we didn't need them. Light seems to be emanating from everywhere, yet from nowhere. Also, snow seems to have really worked its way in here, almost as if it were blown by wind. But is it even possible for wind to blow the snow in such a way? I'm suspicious. This cave isn't giving me good vibes. It seems almost... alive.
Jeremy Croup, Commander of the DDF, signing out.
Une concasseuse ancienne dont se servaient les carriers pour leur travail, il y en a un certain nombre dans celle ci.
2013 Ford F-150 issued for work during heli-portable seismic exploration in north eastern British Columbia, summer 2013.
Models (shadowed figures) - Jane Fletcher & Josely Vivar
Photograph & Editing - Drew Aldrich
My beautiful daughters (metaphorical) in Clearwater Beach, Florida.