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This color panorama shows a brown, rippled, sandy surface stretching all the way to a flat horizon that meets a tan-colored Martian sky. Stretching away from the viewer is a twin pair of tracks. To the right and left of the tracks are the leading edges of the rover's solar panels.

Opportunity

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Rub al Khali

"Rub al Khali" translates from Arabic to "the empty quarter," which is the name of a similarly barren, desolate part of the Saudi Arabian desert on Earth.

PIA07216

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Click on this image to see larger view of 'Sunset'.

Sunset

25.8 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Dazzling Dunes'.

17.6 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Cape Verde'.

Cape Verde

16.3 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Blueberries on Mars'.

Blueberries on Mars

7.5 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Wheel Tracks'.

6.8 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Perched Above Gusev'.

Perched Above Gusev

6.6 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Scylla'.

Scylla

3.5 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Airbag Tracks'.

2.5 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Lava Meets Wind'.

Lava Meets Wind

2.4 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Mazatzal'.

Mazatzal

2.1 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Trench'.

Trench

1.9 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'RAT Holes'.

RAT Holes

1.8 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Steep Dunes'.

1.8 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Clovis'.

Clovis

1.3 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Rub al Khali'.

1.2 %

Click on this image to see larger view of 'Here-a-Hematite'.

Here-a-Hematite

0.9 %