Nearly after one year of exploration, Mars rover 'Opportunity' will come out of a giant crater. The rover meanwhile examined exposed ancient rock layers and has been helpful in sending much useful information about the Red Planet. Bruce Banerdt, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena commented that they have done everything, including entering into Victoria Crater.

 

According to NASA sources, now, 'Opportunity' will inspect loose cobbles on the plains. Some of these cobbles were thrown long distances when objects hitting Mars blasted craters deeper than Victoria into the Red Planet. Interestingly, though 'Opportunity' has confronted numerous cobbles, it could examine only few of them.

 

The Mars rover 'Opportunity' earlier entered into Victoria Crater on September 11, 2007, and inspected layers in it. These layers in Victoria suggest the sediments were deposited by wind and then altered by groundwater. Also, the rover has been useful in inspecting and studying the composition and textures of accessible layers in Mars.