Tag Archives: Southwest Ridge

Opportunity: Onward and upward

Posted on December 9, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4577, December 9, 2016. On this sol, Opportunity drove 11.5 meters (38 feet) uphill toward the south, as it climbs to get around the ridge at left. The box in the Navcam composite above locates approximately the two-frame Pancam … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pancam views Blackbird Hill

Posted on December 8, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4576, December 7, 2016. Blackbird Hill is the name applied to this portion of Southwest Ridge. Easy to see why rover drivers would prefer to go upslope to get around the ridge. (False-color restorations by Holger Isenberg.) Click image … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Southwest Ridge in false color

Posted on December 6, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4571, December 2, 2016. The Pancam shot a sequence of filtered frames looking toward the southeast. The second-left filtered frame was sent back to Earth missing one filtered image and another is incomplete, hence its odd coloration and appearance. … Continue reading →

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