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Opportunity: Two sergeants on Pancam parade

Sol 3962, March 18, 2015. Before driving away from the rim edge, Opportunity examined two unusual rocks, both named for U.S. Army sergeants who participated in the 1804-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition. Seen here in true-color images reconstructed from filtered … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Close-up on Sgt. Charles Floyd

Sol 3960, March 16,2015. The Microscopic Imager takes a close look at Sgt. Charlex Floyd with a three-frame composite. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.

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Opportunity: Gazing at some rim rocks

Sol 3955, March 10, 2015. The leftside Navcam shows rock varieties in the outcrop in front of the rover. The target Sgt. Charles Floyd stands at upper left. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric … Continue reading

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Opportunity dusts off Sgt. Charles Floyd

Sol 3950, March 5, 2015. Opportunity used its brush to clear dust from the unusual rock dubbed Sgt. Charles Floyd (after the quartermaster of the Lewis and Clark expedition). The brushed area appears as a slightly darker circle in the … Continue reading

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Opportunity studies ‘odd rocks’ at valley overlook

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying “Marathon Valley,” a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposures of clay minerals. Near the overlook, it found blocky rocks so unlike any previously … Continue reading

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