中文翻譯:
想像一下，當你在火星上看到自己的影子，但卻不是人類的影子！那麼你可能就是機會號（Opportunity）探測器，它在2004年到2018年間探索火星，發現古老水源的痕跡，並將壯觀的圖像傳送回地球。這張圖片是機會號在2004年拍攝的，當時它對著太陽，看到自己在恩杜倫斯隕石坑（Endurance Crater）中的影子。在圖片的左下角和右下角可以看到兩個輪子，而隕石坑的地面和牆壁則清楚地顯示在背景中。可惜，在2018年機會號遇上了塵暴，停止回應，NASA在2019年也停止嘗試聯絡，宣布這個原本只計劃持續92天的突破性任務圓滿結束了。
原文:
What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn’t human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover exploring Mars. Opportunity explored the Red Planet from 2004 to 2018, finding evidence of ancient water, and sending breathtaking images across the inner Solar System. Pictured here in 2004, 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. Caught in a dust storm in 2018, Opportunity stopped responding, and NASA stopped trying to contact it in 2019 and declared the ground-breaking mission, originally planned for only 92 days, complete.
來源:NASA每日圖片
