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Opportunity Discovers 'Dead Man's Journey'

Close up of a Martian rock nicknamed "Jornada del Muerto"

June 04, 2019

NASA's Opportunity rover used its Microscopic Imager to take a picture of this rock nicknamed "Jornada del Muerto" while in Perseverance Valley. The wind-carved streaks along its face were very similar to rocks seen at the rim of Endeavour Crater earlier in Opportunity's mission.

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