Tag Archives: Marathon Valley

Opportunity: Two sergeants on Pancam parade

Posted on March 20, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3962, March 18, 2015. Before driving away from the rim edge, Opportunity examined two unusual rocks, both named for U.S. Army sergeants who participated in the 1804-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition. Seen here in true-color images reconstructed from filtered … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Heading around Speckled Hill

Posted on March 18, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3962, March 18, 2015. Opportunity is driving southwest away from the edge of the ridge to get around Speckled Hill at left. (Click on the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) This low, rock-strewn hill … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Valley view

Posted on March 14, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3958, March 13, 2015. Four Pancam composite looking down into Marathon Valley, from the rim of Endeavour Crater. In the distance lie the crater’s floor (with dunes) and its southeastern wall. (Click the image to open a larger version … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rough rocks at the rim, false color

Posted on March 13, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3956-7, March 11-12, 2015. Yesterday’s Pancam composite of the rim rocks, now in false color from Holger Isenberg, reveals the differences in rocks and dirt more clearly. (Click the image to open a larger version in a new tab.) … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rough rocks at the rim

Posted on March 12, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3956, March 11, 2015. Opprtunity’s Pancam surveyed the rocks where Marathon Valley meets the rim, showing a shattered array. The prominent rock (arrow) in the Hazcam image below (informally dubbed “the Peacock”) is partly visible at top left in … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Gazing at some rim rocks

Posted on March 11, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3955, March 10, 2015. The leftside Navcam shows rock varieties in the outcrop in front of the rover. The target Sgt. Charles Floyd stands at upper left. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 5, 2015 by rburnham

March 5, 2015: Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Discovers New Rock Type, Updates Flight Software. Opportunity stayed the course along the western rim of Endeavour Crater toward Marathon Valley in February. While the pace may have seemed a little slow … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Route ahead toward the valley

Posted on March 4, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3948, March 3, 2015. An hour after the Pancam shot its multi-band images of Sgt. Charles Floyd outcrop, the Navcam made a three-frame pan looking toward the south. The images show a low hill which stands at the head … Continue reading →

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