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Opportunity: Pancam checks Spirit Mound

Posted on September 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4502, September 22, 2016. Above is a Pancam composite showing part of Spirit Mound and one of the small rocky “ridges” leading away from it. Pancam took a fully filtered set of images for the two leftmost frames (false-colored … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Spirit Mound in false color

Posted on September 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4501, September 21, 2016. Two Pancam multi-filtered frames let Holger Isenberg reconstruct a false-color composite (2.4 MB) of Spirit Mound. (Click to enlarge.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.

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Opportunity: At Spirit Mound, on Sol 4500

Posted on September 21, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4500 (!), September 20, 2016. Opportunity’s next target to examine closely will be Spirit Mound, seen in the Navcam composite above (2.2 MB). At right is the Hazcam view of the ground in front the rover, which appears to … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Nearing Spirit Mound

Posted on September 19, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4498, September 18, 2016. Opportunity drove about 28 meters (about 90 feet) down the slope toward Spirit Mound, with the Pancam (above) shooting a three-frame composite (2.2 MB). Below is the Navcam’s wider view (1.5 MB), which shows a … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Approaching Spirit Mound

Posted on September 16, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4495, September 15, 2016. The rover is continuing its drive downhill, going about 43 meters (140 feet). The light-toned bump dead ahead is dubbed Spirit Mound. Scientists are interested in seeing if at Spirit Mound Opportunity can find the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Down the slope

Posted on September 14, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4493, September 13, 2016. As Opportunity descends the inner slope of Endeavour Crater’s rim, the Navcam points the way with a three-frame composite (1.9 MB) centered on the eastward direction. At right, the front Hazcam sees a rubbly surface. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 4481, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on September 6, 2016 by rburnham

September 5, 2016: Opportunity Gets in the Groove, Wraps Science Marathon Valley: Opportunity got in the groove at Endeavour Crater in August finishing the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team prepared for … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Southward the course

Posted on September 5, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4485, September 5, 2016. After passing through Lews and Clark Gap, Opportunity drove 23 meters (75 feet) toward the southeast, across the sloping inner rim of Endeavour Crater. The image above (click to enlarge, 2.6 MB) shows the post-drive … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Wharton Ridge, two Pancam views

Posted on September 5, 2016 by rburnham

Sols 4483-84, September 3-4, 2016. Two views of Wharton Ridge, taken by the Pancam as Opportunity transited Lewis and Clark Gap. The view above (1.2 MB) is from Sol 4484, and looks down the long axis of the ridge. Below … Continue reading →

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Opportunity field report, September 2, 2016

Posted on September 5, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4482, September 2, 2016; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity has arrived at “Lewis and Clark Gap” with a new view to the south. It is about … Continue reading →

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