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    The long and Martian road: In August 2010, the Opportunity rover looked back and took a photo of its tracks in the Red Planet’s sand. This image features the lovely ripples of small dunes created by the wind, similar to the ones we have here on Earth. Opportunity took many epic shots like this as it cruised around Mars for 15 years. [Now it’s lost to us](https://www.wired.com/story/rip-opportunity-rover/).
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