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Opportunity field report: August 26, 2015

Posted on August 26, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4119, August 26, 2015; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity is moving down into a large valley that cuts through the rim of Endeavor crater. The valley … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: South wall of Marathon Valley

Posted on August 26, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4119, August 26, 2015. The rover Pancam shot a multi-filtered set of images looking southeast from near the head of Marathon Valley. The images, processed into a false-color composite by Holger Isenberg, show the valley bottom and south wall … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: NW wall, Marathon Valley, false color

Posted on August 19, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4108, August 15, 2015. The northwest wall of Marathon Valley has intriguing features and textures, but these are hard to image because they are nearly always in shadow. The Pancam managed to get a series of multi-band images along … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: RATting on Pvt. Robert Frazer

Posted on August 19, 2015 by rburnham

Sols 4111-4112, August 18-19, 2015. The Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) has taken a small slice into the target outcrop dubbed Pvt. Robert Frazer. Click to enlarge. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, known … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Micro-imaging Pvt. Robert Frazer

Posted on August 14, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4107, August 14, 2015. After the rover tested, then RATted a target on the outcrop dubbed Pvt. Robert Frazer, the Microscopic Imager moved in for a close-up. (Composite of two frames; click to enlarge.) Opportunity raw images, its latest … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Late afternoon at Marathon Valley

Posted on August 13, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4106, August 13, 2015. Late afternoon sunlight (3:55 pm local time) casts the rover’s shadow eastward and also creates a “hot spot” on the ground. This, on a local scale, is the same opposition effect that makes a Full … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Studying Pvt. Robert Frazer

Posted on August 12, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4105, August 12, 2015. The rover’s gaze is directed down toward Pvt. Robert Frazer, the flat outcrop exposed in front of the wheels. At right is a false-color Pancam view (by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames); below is … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: North wall, Marathon Valley

Posted on August 11, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4104, August 11, 2015. As scientists prepare to examine Marathon Valley in detail, the Pancam is being used to profile the walls: here’s the north side of the upper valley wall in a four-frame composite in false-color by Holger … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Look down, look up

Posted on August 10, 2015 by rburnham

Sols 4102-4103, August 9-10, 2015. On Sol 4102, the rover’s Navcam shot a three-frame composite looking down the slope of Marathon Valley (above). Then on the next day, it took a pair of images looking back upslope (below). The ridge … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: On the slope

Posted on August 5, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4098, August 4, 2015. The Hazcams, front (at top) and rear (bottom), capture Opportunity’s location on the slope of Marathon Valley. The local times are 2:43 pm (front cam) and 3:41 pm (rear cam). The front Hazcam points upslope … Continue reading →

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