Tag Archives: Cape Tribulation

Opportunity: Rough rocks at the rim, false color

Posted on March 13, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3956-7, March 11-12, 2015. Yesterday’s Pancam composite of the rim rocks, now in false color from Holger Isenberg, reveals the differences in rocks and dirt more clearly. (Click the image to open a larger version in a new tab.) … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rough rocks at the rim

Posted on March 12, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3956, March 11, 2015. Opprtunity’s Pancam surveyed the rocks where Marathon Valley meets the rim, showing a shattered array. The prominent rock (arrow) in the Hazcam image below (informally dubbed “the Peacock”) is partly visible at top left in … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Gazing at some rim rocks

Posted on March 11, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3955, March 10, 2015. The leftside Navcam shows rock varieties in the outcrop in front of the rover. The target Sgt. Charles Floyd stands at upper left. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric … Continue reading →

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Opportunity dusts off Sgt. Charles Floyd

Posted on March 6, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3950, March 5, 2015. Opportunity used its brush to clear dust from the unusual rock dubbed Sgt. Charles Floyd (after the quartermaster of the Lewis and Clark expedition). The brushed area appears as a slightly darker circle in the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity studies ‘odd rocks’ at valley overlook

Posted on March 6, 2015 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying “Marathon Valley,” a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposures of clay minerals. Near the overlook, it found blocky rocks so unlike any previously … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 5, 2015 by rburnham

March 5, 2015: Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Discovers New Rock Type, Updates Flight Software. Opportunity stayed the course along the western rim of Endeavour Crater toward Marathon Valley in February. While the pace may have seemed a little slow … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Route ahead toward the valley

Posted on March 4, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3948, March 3, 2015. An hour after the Pancam shot its multi-band images of Sgt. Charles Floyd outcrop, the Navcam made a three-frame pan looking toward the south. The images show a low hill which stands at the head … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sgt. Charles Floyd outcrop

Posted on March 4, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3948, March 3, 2015. Opportunity has rolled up to an outcrop named for Charles Floyd, an explorer with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (and the only member who died on the trip). Pancam false-color images by Holger Isenberg reveal … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Looking back north

Posted on March 3, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3947, March 2, 2015. Three Navcam frames in a composite looking northward show a variety of rock units exposed on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Marathon Valley lies downhill to the right, while at far left stretch the flat … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Aiming east

Posted on March 2, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3946, March 1, 2015. The rover’s Navcam took four frames, seen here as a composite image, as it profiled an east-facing notch in the rim crest of Endeavour Crater at the head of Marathon Valley. (Click to open a … Continue reading →

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