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Victoria Crater

Caption: An orbital view of Victoria Crater on Mars, showing the path of the Opportunity rover along the north rim. Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, an instrument that was originally developed at the University of Chicago. This orbital view was acquired by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Credit: Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA/USGS

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