Opportunity: The MI examines soft soil

4603-miSol 4603, January 4, 2017. Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager (MI) shot four frames for a composite image. This is part of the patch of soft soil, dubbed Sibley, that stopped the rover’s uphill progress. While rover drivers work out a way around, mission scientists are studying the area immediately in front of Opportunity. To see where the area lies, go here. Click image above (2.4 MB) to enlarge it.

Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map, and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.

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