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The US space agency's robotic Mars explorer Opportunity has arrived at Endurance Crater, where it has been travelling to for about three weeks.
The rover has now sent back a spectacular image from the western rim of the 130m-wide depression.
Patches of thick rocky outcrop can be seen exposed all over the interior of the impact crater.
Nasa scientists now have to decide whether it is safe to send the rover in to explore the crater's geology.
On Saturday, Opportunity completed a 50m (164ft) drive, followed by a final approach of 17m (56ft) to the crater.
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