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Tag Archives: Gibraltar II
Opportunity report, Sol 4481, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
September 5, 2016: Opportunity Gets in the Groove, Wraps Science Marathon Valley: Opportunity got in the groove at Endeavour Crater in August finishing the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team prepared for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Gibraltar II, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Lewis and Clark Gap, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Muffler II, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II, Wharton Ridge
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Opportunity: Southward the course
Sol 4485, September 5, 2016. After passing through Lews and Clark Gap, Opportunity drove 23 meters (75 feet) toward the southeast, across the sloping inner rim of Endeavour Crater. The image above (click to enlarge, 2.6 MB) shows the post-drive … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Gibraltar II, Knudsen Ridge, Lewis and Clark Gap, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Wharton Ridge
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Opportunity: Gibraltar II panorama
Sol 4453, August 3, 2016. The rover’s Pancam has finally taken sufficient images to capture the north wall of Marathon Valley as the Gibraltar II panorama. The Gibraltar II target itself lies just left of center in the main outcrop. (The … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Gibraltar II, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Rocks of Gibraltar II
Sol 4446-47, July 27-28, 2016. The rover’s Pancam is shooting a multi-color composite of an area on the north wall of Marathon Valley dubbed Gibraltar II. Below: the floor of Endeavour Crater, looking southeast about 10 in the morning; also … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, ER, Gibraltar II, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, NASA, Opportunity
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