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Opportunity: Close-up on Joseph Collin deposit
Sols 4263-64, January 21-22, 2016. Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager made a two-sol portrait of the smooth, dark gray feature dubbed Joseph Collin, which appears to be a deposit of sand. Note the dimpled surface it shows. (To see the false-color Pancam view, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Joseph Collin, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Checking out Joseph Collin
Sol 4262, January 20, 2016. The rover is positioned so as to place an intriguing deposit, dubbed Joseph Collin, in the instrument arm’s “workplane” — i.e., where the arm can put instruments onto the target. (The instrument arm can move … Continue reading
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Tagged basaltic sand, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Joseph Collin, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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