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November 4, 2015: Opportunity Hits Winter Slopes at Marathon Valley: Opportunity hit the slopes of her seventh winter haven on the south side of Marathon Valley in October as the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission entered the 130th month of … Continue reading →

Sols 4182-4183, October 30-31, 2015. The south wall of Marathon Valley shows several outcrops of bedrock. These may be giant pieces of ejecta surrounded by debris they have shed over time. Marathon Valley, which runs roughly east-west, is a notch … Continue reading →

Sol 4180, October 28, 2015. The Microscopic Imager on the rover’s instrument arm examines a target on the floor of Marathon Valley (below). Click to enlarge. Hazcam view at left, contrast adjusted. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a … Continue reading →

Sol 4175, October 22, 2015. Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager probes granular material in the soil of the valley floor. Front Hazcam image (top; contrast adjusted) shows the arm and the rover’s location; the bottom image, a four-frame composite, enlarges when clicked. … Continue reading →

Sol 4173, October 20, 2015. The season at Endeavour Crater is slipping toward winter, and rover drivers are looking for bits of ground that tip Opportunity northward even slightly to enhance its solar power. At the same time, scientists are … Continue reading →

Sol 4169-4171, October 16-18, 2015. Opportunity continues to survey the outcrops on the floor of Marathon Valley. The above is a six-frame Pancam composite in false-color (by Holger Isenberg). Scientists are studying subtle differences in color as indicators of variations … Continue reading →

Sol 4166, October 13, 2015. Day by day, Opportunity is surveying the bare outcrops that line the Marathon Valley floor. On Sol 4166, it drove almost 19 meters (62 feet) to the southeast toward the southern wall of the valley. … Continue reading →

Sols 4162 and 4164, October 9 and 11, 2015. Mission control is directing Opportunity to explore the Marathon Valley floor for clay minerals before going to its winter haven site. That will lie on the valley’s south wall, thus tipping … Continue reading →

Sol 4160, October 7, 2014. Four false-color Pancam frames show the upslope part of Marathon Valley, and yet-uninvestigated geological features. The composite uses false-color images by Holger Isenberg; the lower left image is grayscale. Click to enlarge. Opportunity raw images, … Continue reading →