Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Sun Feb 17 2019 09:12:01 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 February 17 [2] Shadow of a Martian Robot Image Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission [3] , JPL [4] , NASA [5] Explanation: What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human [6] ? Then you might be the Opportunity rover [7] currently exploring Mars. Opportunity explored the red planet [8] from 2004 to 2018, finding evidence of ancient water [9] , and sending breathtaking images across the inner Solar System [10] . Pictured here [11] in 2004, Opportunity [12] looks opposite the Sun into Endurance Crater [13] and sees its own shadow [14] . Two wheels are visible on the lower left and right, while the floor and walls of the unusual crater are visible [15] in the background. Caught in a dust storm in 2018 [16] , last week NASA stopped try contact Opportunity [17] and declare the ground-breaking mission [18] , originally planned for only 92 days, complete [19] . Tomorrow's picture: sky dragon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [20] | Archive [21] | Submissions [22] | Index [23] | Search [24] | Calendar [25] | RSS [26] | Education [27] | About APOD [28] | Discuss [29] | > [30] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [31] (MTU [32] ) & Jerry Bonnell [33] (UMCP [34] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [35] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [36] A service of: ASD [37] at NASA [38] / GSFC [39] & Michigan Tech. U. [40] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1902/marsshadow_opportunity_1024.jpg [3] https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/index.cfm [4] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ [5] https://www.nasa.gov/ [6] ap160815.html [7] https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/overview/ [8] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/ [9] ap040303.html [10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system [11] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/images.cfm?id=738 [12] https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8414/ six-things-to-know-about-nasas-opportunity-rover/ [13] ap040510.html [14] ap990830.html [15] http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06739 [16] ap190215.html [17] https://youtu.be/1Ll-VHYxWXU [18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun [19] https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8413/ nasas-opportunity-rover-mission-on-mars-comes-to-end/ [20] ap190216.html [21] archivepix.html [22] lib/apsubmit2015.html [23] lib/aptree.html [24] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [25] calendar/allyears.html [26] /apod.rss [27] lib/edlinks.html [28] lib/about_apod.html [29] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190217 [30] ap190218.html [31] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [32] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [33] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [34] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [35] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [36] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [37] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [38] https://www.nasa.gov/ [39] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [40] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .