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Tag Archives: Hinners Point
Opportunity: Mini-mesa in the valley
Sol 4415-16, June 25-26, 2016. This little flat-topped feature, a mini-mesa sitting on the floor of Marathon Valley with the profile of a tree-stump, is probably an erosional remnant. The Navcam composite view was taken on Sol 4415 and looks northward … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Jean-Baptiste La Jeunesse, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, phyllosilicates, the Mesa, the Stump
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Opportunity wrapping it up at Marathon Valley
“Marathon Valley,” slicing through a large crater’s rim on Mars, has provided fruitful research targets for NASA’s Opportunity rover since July 2015, but the rover may soon move on. Opportunity recently collected a sweeping panorama from near the western end … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Pancam survey near valley’s head
Sol 4383, May 23, 2016. Rover controllers directed the Panoramic Camera (Pancam) to make a survey 27 frames wide by one high showing Opportunity’s surroundings from its current location near the head of Marathon Valley. The frames were taken using … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
May 10, 2016: Opportunity Sleuths New Site for Smectites: After capturing a rare image of a dust devil whirling through the interior of Endeavour Crater at the end of March, Opportunity and the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team pressed on … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, phyllosilicates, smectites
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Opportunity field report, May 5, 2016
Sol 4365, May 5, 2016; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity arrived at its current location on sol 4345 to begin investigation of an outcrop on the crest … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, smectites
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Opportunity: Searching clays at the valley head
Sols 4346-7, April 15-16, 2016. Opportunity remains at the head of the valley as it shoots a multi-frame, multi-sol Pancam mosaic. This is to identify candidate targets for investigation that may be clay-rich. At right is a four-frame Microscopic Imager … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Pierre Pinaut, Pierre Pineau
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Opportunity: Looking downslope
Sol 4338, April 7, 2016. After shooting the view upslope on Sol 4337, the Navcam continued its panorama from north (left side) through east to southeast (right). One frame from Sol 4337 (third from right) links the left and right … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, phyllosilicates
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Opportunity: Seeking targets upslope
Sol 4337, April 6, 2016. Three Navcam frames sketch the upslope rocks, framed by the uppermost section of Knudsen Ridge on the left and part of Hinners Point on the right. Mission scientists are looking for the best places to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Looking upslope
Sols 4256 & 4261, January 14 & 19, 2016. The rover’s Pancam has taken a three-shot profile looking upslope at the entrance to Marathon Valley. The lower outcrop at left is Knudsen Ridge, the higher one at right is Hinners … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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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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