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HiRISE: Seeing through the dusty air

Posted on September 18, 2018 by rburnham

Mars has been enveloped in dusty haze, but the sensitivity of HiRISE enables imaging of surface features through a moderate level of haze. This image shows a fresh impact crater in the northern middle latitudes. A technique called “pixel binning” … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 5162, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on August 2, 2018 by rburnham

August 1, 2018: Dust Storm Wanes, Opportunity Sleeps, Team Prepares Recovery Strategy: Opportunity may be seeing the light again, a little sunlight that is. As the veteran Mars Exploration Rover (MER) slept in Endeavour Crater’s Perseverance Valley under the thick … Continue reading →

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