Tag Archives: Bashful II

Opportunity report, Sol 4451, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on August 4, 2016 by rburnham

August 3, 2016: Opportunity Nears End of Marathon Valley Tour, Team Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Viking: …Opportunity worked some of the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley and the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team celebrated its 10th mission … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Close-up on Bashful II

Posted on July 15, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4434, July 15, 2016. The Microscopic Imager swoops in for a four-frame composite of Bashful II rock. (Keep in mind that the sunlight falling on the rock’s surface comes from the upper left.) Click to enlarge. Opportunity raw images, … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Bashful II and Endeavour’s floor

Posted on July 14, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4432, July 12, 2016. The rover’s Pancam takes a portrait of Bashful II rock (right). Above, the Pancam is looking southeast over Endeavour Crater’s floor, where the false colors indicate possible composition differences in the surface materials (false-color views … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rocks

Posted on July 11, 2016 by rburnham

Sols 4429-30, July 9-10, 2016. Opportunity has beeen busy as it wraps up activities at the head of Marathon Valley. Above, the Pancam (in Holger Isenberg‘s false-color version) examined the outcrop dubbed Jean-Baptiste La Jeunesse (click to enlarge). Then the … Continue reading →

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