(Josh Gigantino) wrote in
om:

I've been looking through the incredible RAW images from the Mars
landers. Opportunity's files now include several images that give a
glimpse over the lip of the depression it landed in. In several of the
images, there is a flat white object resting next to a taller dark
object. The links below will show the objects on the right side, they
look to be (total guess) several hundred meters away.

Could the white/lighter object be the parachutes and the darker object
the backshell/retrorockets? Otherwise, perhaps a boulder and some of
the local bedrock like the outcropping Opp is studying now? it's
pretty wild to be able to look over the gully's lip finally. Wow,
Meridiani is some flat.

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...25377EFF0205P1
545R0M1.JPG

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...55793EFF0242P1
720L0M1.JPG

Enjoy!

josh


You hit the nail on the head, dude! This morning's news briefing
confirmed it.