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Tag Archives: Marathon Valley
Opportunity: At Pvt. Richard Windsor
Sol 4222, December 10, 2015. The rover continues its study of the outcrop named Pvt. Richard Windsor. Above, three Navcam frames looking down over the front of Opportunity (click to enlarge). At right, the Hazcam view (contrast adjusted). Opportunity raw … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Checking out Pvt. Richard Windsor
Sol 4221, December 9, 2015. Studying a target outcrop dubbed Pvt. Richard Windsor, the rover’s Pancam made a three frame portrait (above, in false-color by Holger Isenberg), and the Microscopic Imager dropped in for a close-up composite in four frames … Continue reading
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
December 4, 2015: Reality Bites but Opportunity Climbs to “Treasure Trove”: Opportunity faced the challenges of winter as well as technological issues in November, but the Mars Exploration Rover pressed on, hiking up hill and into a geological treasure trove … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Setting up on the workplane
Sol 4206, November 23, 2015. With Opportunity parked at Pvt. Isaac White, the instrument arm swings into action to let scientists study the “workplane.” This is the vertical strip of ground that’s accessible to the arm, which can move only … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Pancam checks Pvt. Isaac White
Sols 4203-04, November 20-21, 2015. It took the Pancam, working through multiple filters, two sols to image a rock outcrop dubbed Pvt. Isaac White, seen above in false-color by Holger Isenberg (click to enlarge). The Pancam composite’s location is shown … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Pvt. Isaac White
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Opportunity: At the rocks
Sol 4202, November 19, 2015. As the rover paused at this rocky outcrop, imaged by the Hazcam, mission scientists turned the Pancam on the instrument arm’s “work plane,” seen in Holger Isenberg‘s false-color composite at right. (Click either image to … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Late afternoon at Endeavour
Sol 4200 (!), November 17, 2015. After a number of sols with only solar observations to measure dust opacity in the atmosphere, Opportunity returned to imaging its surroundings. Local time was late afternoon. Above is a three-frame Navcam view looking … Continue reading
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Opportunity: First MI target, post-MRO standdown
Sol 4194, November 11, 2015. The first Microscopic Imager target (Pvt. Ebenezer Tuttle) to be photographed after the standdown by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (acting as communications relay) is a four-frame mosaic. (Click to enlarge.) Opportunity raw images, its latest … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Pvt. Ebenezer Tuttle
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Opportunity report, Sol 4184, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
November 4, 2015: Opportunity Hits Winter Slopes at Marathon Valley: Opportunity hit the slopes of her seventh winter haven on the south side of Marathon Valley in October as the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission entered the 130th month of … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Scouting Marathon Valley’s south wall
Sols 4182-4183, October 30-31, 2015. The south wall of Marathon Valley shows several outcrops of bedrock. These may be giant pieces of ejecta surrounded by debris they have shed over time. Marathon Valley, which runs roughly east-west, is a notch … Continue reading
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