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Tag Archives: Marathon Valley
Opportunity: Approaching the Gap
Sol 4481, September 1, 2016. At about 3 p.m. local time, Opportunity stood not far from Lewis and Clark Gap when the Navcam took this composite. Rock-covered Wharton Ridge lies ahead downslope, while visible at right is the lower end … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Knudsen Ridge, Lewis and Clark Gap, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Wharton Ridge
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Opportunity: Driving to the Gap
Sol 4479, August 30, 2016. Three Navcam shots show the way ahead after Opportunity’s 15-meter (50-foot) drive toward Lewis and Clark Gap (arrowed). The Gap will be the rover’s pathway through Knudsen Ridge and out of Marathon Valley, as Opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Knudsen Ridge, Lewis and Clark Gap, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Lewis and Clark Gap
Sol 4476, August 27, 2016. The rover’s next destination is an area called Lewis and Clark Gap, which lies toward the south side of Marathon Valley. This trio of Pancam images shows part of the area. The left frame is … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Knudsen Ridge, Lewis and Clark Gap, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Closeup on Muffler II
Sol 4470, August 20, 2016. The Microscopic Imager moves in on the target dubbed Muffler II. (Names here commemorate rocks and targets identified at the Viking 1 and 2 landing sites in the 1970s.) Click image to enlarge it. At … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Looking down the Valley
Sol 4468, August 18, 2016. The Navcam took a semi-panorama (1 frame high by 7 frames wide) that started looking northeast and finished by pointing southwest. Above, the lefthand part of the pan: a view down Marathon Valley, with dunes … 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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Opportunity: Gibraltar II panorama
Sol 4453, August 3, 2016. The rover’s Pancam has finally taken sufficient images to capture the north wall of Marathon Valley as the Gibraltar II panorama. The Gibraltar II target itself lies just left of center in the main outcrop. (The … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Gibraltar II, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity report, Sol 4451, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
August 3, 2016: Opportunity Nears End of Marathon Valley Tour, Team Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Viking: …Opportunity worked some of the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley and the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team celebrated its 10th mission … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashful II, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II
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Opportunity: Rocks of Gibraltar II
Sol 4446-47, July 27-28, 2016. The rover’s Pancam is shooting a multi-color composite of an area on the north wall of Marathon Valley dubbed Gibraltar II. Below: the floor of Endeavour Crater, looking southeast about 10 in the morning; also … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, ER, Gibraltar II, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Sleepy II, and driving on
Sol 4445, July 26, 2016. Opportunity turned its Pancam onto a clump of rocks collectively dubbed Sleepy II. (False-color version by Holger Isenberg.) Names here commemorate rocks studied by the Viking landers 40 years ago this summer. Then the rover … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II, Viking landers
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Opportunity: Moving onward
Sols 4442-43, July 23-24, 2016. Following a drive of about 75 feet (23 meters) to the north-northeast, Opportunity’s Navcam shot a 3-frame view looking ahead (above). The low ridge leads downslope from Hinners Point and forms the north wall of … 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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