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Tag Archives: Bashful II
Opportunity report, Sol 4451, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
August 3, 2016: Opportunity Nears End of Marathon Valley Tour, Team Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Viking: …Opportunity worked some of the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley and the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team celebrated its 10th mission … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashful II, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II
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Opportunity: Close-up on Bashful II
Sol 4434, July 15, 2016. The Microscopic Imager swoops in for a four-frame composite of Bashful II rock. (Keep in mind that the sunlight falling on the rock’s surface comes from the upper left.) Click to enlarge. Opportunity raw images, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashful II, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Bashful II and Endeavour’s floor
Sol 4432, July 12, 2016. The rover’s Pancam takes a portrait of Bashful II rock (right). Above, the Pancam is looking southeast over Endeavour Crater’s floor, where the false colors indicate possible composition differences in the surface materials (false-color views … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashful II, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Rocks
Sols 4429-30, July 9-10, 2016. Opportunity has beeen busy as it wraps up activities at the head of Marathon Valley. Above, the Pancam (in Holger Isenberg‘s false-color version) examined the outcrop dubbed Jean-Baptiste La Jeunesse (click to enlarge). Then the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashful II, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Jean-Baptiste La Jeunesse, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, the Mesa, the Stump
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