Tag Archives: Murray Ridge

Opportunity: Sol 3679, May 30, 2014

Posted on June 2, 2014 by rburnham

In the distance toward the north-northeast, a small part of the Cape York rim segment pokes into view behind Murray Ridge, in a false-color image created by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam images. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3678, May 29, 2014

Posted on May 30, 2014 by rburnham

Navcam images a geological contact, foreground, at Pillinger Point on Murray Ridge.             Front Hazcam shows where Opportunity has just been as it drives backward up the ridge. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3677, May 28, 2014

Posted on May 29, 2014 by rburnham

Driving away from the rim crest at Pillinger Point, Murray Ridge. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map.

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Opportunity: Sol 3676, May 28, 2014

Posted on May 28, 2014 by rburnham

Microscopic Imager: Focusing on shiny slick rock — impact melt? — at Pillinger Point on Murray Ridge. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map.

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Opportunity: Sol 3674, May 26, 2014

Posted on May 27, 2014 by rburnham

Brushing and peering closely at the Pillinger Point outcrop on Murray Ridge. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (For a shortcut to Sol 3674 Hazcam images, click here. For the Microscopic Imager shots, go here.) … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3673, May 25, 2014

Posted on May 27, 2014 by rburnham

At Pillinger Point on the edge of Murray Ridge, looking south over clean solar panels. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (For a shortcut to Sol 3673 Navcam images, click here.)

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Opportunity: Sol 3671, May 22, 2014

Posted on May 23, 2014 by rburnham

Contact science on the Pillinger Point outcrop, seen by the front right Hazcam. (Wider view here.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (For a shortcut to Sol 3671 Hazcam images, click here.)

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Opportunity: Sol 3669, May 20, 2014

Posted on May 21, 2014 by rburnham

Slabby outcrop at Pillinger Point on the rim crest of Murray Ridge: this is the area of aluminum-hydroxyl clays. The view looks toward the north-northeast over the interior of Endeavour Crater. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a … Continue reading →

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Opportunity panorama: Sol 3637

Posted on May 20, 2014 by rburnham

This vista of the Endeavour Crater rim was acquired by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from the southern end of “Murray Ridge” on the western rim of the crater. It combines several exposures taken by the rover’s panoramic camera (Pancam) … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3662, May 13, 2014

Posted on May 14, 2014 by rburnham

Opportunity has been driving on the west side of the Murray Ridge crest, but in recent sols has driven southeast up to the ridge crest as it heads for an area that appears from orbit to be rich in aluminum … Continue reading →

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