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Tag Archives: Cape Tribulation
Opportunity: Tracing patterns on the floor
Sol 4159, October 6, 2015. As Opporutnity’s Navcam shot a composite image (above) looking southeast across Endeavour Crater, the Pancam shot a mosaic (below) covering some of the enigmatic patterns in the rock outcrops on the floor of Marathon Valley. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, phyllosilicates
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
October 2, 2015: Opportunity Rocks on Ancient Water During Walkabout: The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continued her walkabout around Marathon Valley in September and sent home more evidence of significant water alteration and, perhaps, an ancient environment inviting enough for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Moving on
Sol 4155, October 2, 2015. After taking Pancam frames of an exposure of the “reddish” rock (right: false color version by Holger Isenberg), Opportunity drove 8.5 meters (28 feet) to the northeast and took Hazcam “location” images as it positioned … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Exploring for clay minerals
Sol 4153, September 30, 2015. With the rover visiting Marathon Valley outcrops, mission scientists are looking for rocks containing clay (phyllosilicate) minerals. (Click above image to enlarge.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Pvt. Robert Frazer in false color
Sol 4148, September 25, 2015. The rover’s Pancam took a sequence of filtered frames on the target dubbed Pvt. Robert Frazer. Previously, this target was brushed, then drilled by the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT), which removed the top surface of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, phyllosilicates, Pvt. Robert Frazer
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Opportunity prepares for active winter
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is conducting a “walkabout” survey of “Marathon Valley,” where the rover’s operators plan to use the vehicle through the upcoming Martian winter, and beyond, to study the context for outcrops bearing clay minerals. Marathon Valley … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Pvt. George Gibson under the MI
Sol 4144, September 21, 2015. Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager has shot a multi-frame mosaic of the target dubbed Pvt. George Gibson as part of its survey of outcrops on the floor of Marathon Valley (right). Above, Navcam takes a long view … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Pvt. George Gibson
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Opportunity: Endeavour Crater floor – false color
Sol 4142, September 19, 2015. Five Pancam sets of multi-band frames drew a portrait of the interior of Endeavour Crater in false color (by Holger Isenberg). Click the image above to enlarge, and click here for a full-resolution version (3.4 … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Looking for phyllosilicates
Sol 4140, September 17, 2015. Mission scientists are scanning the floor of Marathon Valley with the Pancam, looking for exposures of the “reddish banded” rock which has exposures in the valley and up on the rim. This unit may be … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, phyllosilicates
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Opportunity: Checking out Pvt. George Gibson
Sol 4139, September 15, 2015. Opportunity is examining the target dubbed Pvt. George Gibson, seen above in a pair of Navcam frames. At right is a false-color Pancam image of the target area (by Holger Isenberg). (Click images to enlarge.) … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, phyllosilicates, Pvt. George Gibson
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