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Tag Archives: McClure-Beverlin escarpment
Opportunity: Sol 3618, March 29, 2014
At about 4 pm local time on Sol 3618, Opportunity’s left-side Pancam looked down from Murray Ridge (foreground) to image the floor of Endeavour Crater and the dark (active) sand dunes there. In the distance lies the crater’s southeastern rim, … Continue reading
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Tagged dunes, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, sand dunes, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3618, March 29, 2014
After a 20-meter (66-foot) drive to the southwest on Murray Ridge, Opportunity’s left-side Navcam took an unfiltered shot looking back along the rover’s track. The local time was nearly 4 pm. Note the low outcrop of rock on the ridge … Continue reading
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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Cleaner rover sees its shadow in Martian spring
Late afternoon lighting produced a dramatic shadow of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity photographed by the rover’s rear hazard-avoidance camera on March 20, 2014. The shadow falls across a slope called the McClure-Beverlin Escarpment on the western rim of Endeavour … Continue reading
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3616, March 27, 2014
The rover’s Microscopic Imager checks out the rock dubbed Point Bede, seen here in front of Opportunity’s front wheels. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status and location map.
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Point Bede, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3615, March 26, 2014
Opportunity’s right front Hazcam images Point Bede rock. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map.
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Point Bede, Solander Point
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Opportunity Plymouth Harbor image mosaic
Opportunity’s surroundings (2.6 MB) on Sol 3613 (March 23, 2014) as mosaicked and colorized by Damia Bouic (Dijon, France) using filtered Pancam images. The boulder at left is dubbed Plymouth Harbor. The location is the McClure-Beverlin escarpment on Murray Ridge, … Continue reading
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Tagged Damia Bouic, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Plymouth Harbor, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3613, March 23, 2014
A boulder dubbed Plymouth Harbor, as seen by the left Pancam through filter #5 (green) on Murray Ridge, Endeavour Crater. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status and location map. (Note: due to a computer issue at JPL, the raw-images … Continue reading
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Plymouth Harbor, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3609, March 19, 2014
After driving about 12 meters (40 feet) toward the west northwest, Opportunity’s Pancam looks up Murray Ridge toward the McClure-Beverlin excarpment. The image at right was taken through the left-side Pancam filter #2 (750 nm, red). Opportunity raw images, its … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Sol 3608, March 18, 2014
Sugarloaf, in the rock garden of the McClure-Beverlin escarpment, as imaged by the left Pancam using filter #5 (green). Note Sugarloaf’s markedly different texture compared to the basaltic rocks nearby. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status and location map. … Continue reading
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Tagged craters, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, mass wasting, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, rocks, Solander Point, Sugarloaf rock
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Opportunity: Sol 3607, March 17, 2014
After driving about 1 meter uphill yesterday, Opportunity’s front Hazcams show the “rock garden” at the edge of the McClure-Beverlin escarpment. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status and location map. (Note: due to a computer issue at JPL, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, McClure-Beverlin escarpment, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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