Shadow of a Martian Robot
			
		
		
		
			What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't 
human?  
Then you might be the 
Opportunity rover 
currently exploring Mars.  
Opportunity and sister robot Spirit 
have been probing the 
red planet 
since January, finding 
evidence of ancient water, 
and sending breathtaking images across the inner 
Solar System.  
Pictured above, Opportunity looks opposite the Sun into 
Endurance Crater and sees its own 
shadow.  
Two wheels are visible on the lower left and right, 
while the floor and walls of the unusual crater are 
visible in the background.  
Opportunity is cautiously edging its way into this 
enigmatic crater, 
hoping to find new clues into the wet ancient past of our 
Solar System's second 
most habitable planet.