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Opportunity: Parking next to Jornada del Muerto

Posted on February 7, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 4991, February 7, 2018. Opportunity has moved to park close to the rock named Jornada del Muerto (at lower left in the Navcam composite above). At right are the front and rear Hazcam views. Click any image to enlarge … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Perseverance Valley outcrops

Posted on February 6, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 4990, February 5, 2018. Opportunity’s mission controllers backed the rover up a short distance after examining the rock named Jornada del Muerto (arrow). The low rise beyond the arrow has been dubbed the North Wall, and the broad outcrop … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 4985, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on February 1, 2018 by rburnham

January 31, 2018: Mission Completes 14 Years of Exploring, Opportunity Roves into Year 15: Amidst the breakneck pace of increasingly disturbing news commanding the headlines in America and around the world, something extraordinarily wonderful, something unifying for all Earthlings happened … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Extending the ‘Journey of the Dead Man’

Posted on January 31, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 4984, January 30, 2018. Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager has revisited the outcrop named Jornada del Muerto. The MI took a second set of frames that lie just to the right of the previous set, collected on Sol 4977. In the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Jornada del Muerto, by Pancam

Posted on January 26, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 4979, January 25, 2018. The rover’s Pancam looked down and shot a multi-filtered series of frames on an outcrop dubbed Jornada del Muerto, which is the current target of interest for mission scientists (false-color version by Holger Isenberg). Click … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Closeup on Jornada del Muerto

Posted on January 25, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 4977-78, January 23-24, 2018. On Sol 4977, rover scientists put the Microscopic Imager to work on a rough-surfaced target dubbed Jornada del Muerto (right). This rock has a surface texture that appears unlike others seen before. The Navcam composite … Continue reading →

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