Tag Archives: Cape Tribulation

Opportunity: Pancam looks at summit rocks

Posted on January 8, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3894, January 7, 2015. The multi-band Pancam imaged the summit rocks of Cape Tribulation about an hour before before the rover drove up on top of them for the Navcam vista seen yesterday. Using filtered the Pancam frames, Holger … Continue reading →

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Opportunity field report: January 7, 2015

Posted on January 7, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3894 (January 7, 2015) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: “Opportunity made it to the summit!! The view is spectacular. From here we can see all the way … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 7, 2015 by rburnham

January 7, 2015: Opportunity Closes in on 11th Anniversary and We Look Back on 2014. With a wonder year of discoveries, historic feats, and bummers in the rear view mirror – and plenty of mettle to continue exploring – Opportunity … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: On Cape Tribulation’s peak!

Posted on January 7, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3894, January 7, 2015. On top at last! Opportunity summits out on Cape Tribulation. The Navcam view south (click on the image for a larger version) shows a horizon with the Meridiani plains at right. These merge into Endeavour … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Cape Tribulation summit

Posted on January 6, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3893, January 6, 2015. Approaching the summit of Cape Tribulation, Opportunity’s Navcam finds a rocky outcrop largely swept bare of dust and fine sediments. This view looks southward, with the interior of Endeavour Crater on the left and the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Looking north from Cape Tribulation

Posted on January 5, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3890, January 3, 2015. A two-frame false-color composite by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.

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Opportunity: Cape Tribulation summit outcrops

Posted on January 2, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3887, December 30, 2014. The rover’s multi-band Pancam imaged two rock outcrops near the summit of Cape Tribulation, Nellie Bly (top) and Kate Rice. On the horizon beyond the Nellie Bly outcrop lies one of Endeavour Crater’s eastern rim … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Shooting the summit

Posted on December 26, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3881, December 24, 2014. The right-side Pancam took a four-frame composite image of the Cape Tribulation summit rocks. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.

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Opportunity field report: December 18, 2014

Posted on December 19, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3875 (December 18, 2014) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: “Opportunity is continuing its drives along the rim of the 22-km diameter impact crater Endeavour. In the next … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rolling on RAM

Posted on December 18, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3875, December 18, 2014. Because of problems with its flash memory (see here), mission controllers have directed Opportunity to drive using a more limited operating program stored in RAM. Currently driving in reverse, the rover is making good headway, … Continue reading →

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