Opportunity: Walkabout Pancam imaging

4754-pancamFC1P550227051ESFCZK6P2594L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6Sol 4754, June 8, 2017. As Opportunity continues its “walkabout” survey at the head of Perseverance Valley, the rover used the Pancam to image the soil dug up by a wheel turn (right) at a target site dubbed Laramie.

Above is a false-color Pancam composite aiming toward the northwest to show the grooves which may help scientists determine how the valley was eroded. (For more on this question, see here.)  In the distance at left is a relatively recent impact crater on the Meridiani plains, surrounded by ejected blocks of rock. False-color images by Holger Isenberg; both images enlarge when clicked.

Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, location map, and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.

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