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Tag Archives: Marathon Valley
Opportunity: Looking at Lindbergh
Sol 4005, May 1, 2015. Two Navcam frames composited portray the stack of rocks dubbed Lindbergh, which stands in Spirit of St. Louis Crater. This view looks approximately north; behind Lindbergh is Swann Hill, and the horizon at top right … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Lindbergh Mound, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit of St. Louis Crater, Swann Hill
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Looking NW over Spirit of St. Louis Crater
Sol 4004, April 30, 2015. If the enigmatic dark feature named Spirit of St. Louis were a clock face, Opportunity would currently be at about 4 o’clock. This four-frame Navcam composite looks toward the northwest across the dark infill in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Lindbergh Mound, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit of St. Louis Crater, Swann Hill
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Opportunity’s Sol 4000, Spirit of St. Louis Crater
An elongated crater called “Spirit of St. Louis,” with a rock spire in it, dominates a recent scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Opportunity completed its 4,000th Martian day, or sol, of work on … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Lindbergh Mound, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit of St. Louis Crater, Swann Hill
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Opportunity: Lone Eagle, by Microscopic Imager
Sol 4003, April 29, 2015. Four Microscopic Imager frames composited reveal an area of interest on Lone Eagle. (Click the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Lone Eagle, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit of St. Louis Crater
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Opportunity: At Lone Eagle, seen in false color
Sols 4000-4003 [!], April 26-29, 2015. Opportunity has begun its investigation of the enigmatic crater Spirit of St. Louis at an outcrop dubbed Lone Eagle. Above is a false-color composite by Holger Isenberg of two Pancam frames from Sol 4000. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Iazu Crater, Lindbergh Mound, Lone Eagle, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit of St. Louis Crater, Swann Hill
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Opportunity: Gravel in view
Sol 3993, April 18, 2015. At an outcrop site dubbed Thermopylae, Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager assembles a four-frame mosaic focused on the gravel in front of the rover. (Click the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) Opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Thermopylae
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Opportunity: Spartan in false color
Sol 3987, April 12, 2015. A false-color Pancam image shows the curious feature dubbed Spartan, which lies about 4 meters (13 feet) from the edge of the also-curious Spirit of St. Louis Crater. (What relationship, if any, exists between them … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spartan, Spirit of St. Louis Crater
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Opportunity: Spirit of St. Louis Crater next
Sol 3987, April 12, 2015. Next up is the enigmatic crater Spirit of St. Louis (dark oval in the center) and its puzzling rock pile, Lindbergh. This Navcam composite looks generally northward, with Meridiani Planum at left and the summit … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit of St. Louis Crater
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Opportunity: Micro-Imager on Athens
Sol 3984, April 9, 2015. The Micscopic Imager is examining a new target area on the Athens outcrop, in a two-frame composite. (Click the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity field report: April 3, 2015
Sol 3978 (April 3, 2015) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity has been examining a bright outcrop here before getting on with the business of exploring Marathon Valley. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Lindbergh Mound, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit of St. Louis Crater
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