Tag Archives: Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

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: Scouting at J. B. Charbonneau

Posted on February 19, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3936, February 19, 2015. At left center, Opportunity’s wheel tracks show where it drove close to the striated rocks in the target area dubbed ‘Jean Baptiste Charbonneau,’ at the lip of Marathon Valley. (Charbonneau was a 19th century American … Continue reading →

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