Tag Archives: Murray Ridge

Opportunity: Sol 3633, April 13, 2014

Posted on April 14, 2014 by rburnham

Opportunity’s Pancam (left side, red filter) looks east-southeast across the interior of Endeavour Crater from the rover’s perch high on Murray Ridge. The crater’s floor contains both light and dark dunes. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3630, April 10, 2014

Posted on April 11, 2014 by rburnham

Opportunity has now driven high enough on Murray Ridge that the summit of Cape Tribulation, the next rim segment to the south, has finally come into view (in the distance at top right) for the rover’s Navcam. Opportunity raw images, … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Opportunity rover at Murray Ridge

Posted on April 9, 2014 by rburnham

This HiRISE image of the Opportunity rover was acquired as a coordinated “ride-along” observation with the CRISM instrument, also onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The CRISM instrument is a spectrometer that views the surface in many wavelengths beyond what the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3628, April 8, 2014

Posted on April 9, 2014 by rburnham

Heading uphill on Murray Ridge, Opportunity drove about 18 meters (60 feet) south. This view was taken by the left-side Navcam. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut link for all Sol 3628 Navcam … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 8, 2014 by rburnham

April 7, 2014: Opportunity Powers Up in Cook Haven and in Fans’ Minds. At the Solander Point section of the rim of Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity spent the month of March just off Murray Ridge working on its final … Continue reading →

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Opportunity Sol 3625 panorama

Posted on April 7, 2014 by rburnham

Opportunity is now well up on Murray Ridge on the Solander Point rim segment of Endeavour Crater. This view (2.6 MB) on Sol 3625 (April 5, 2014) looks southeast; it was mosaicked and colorized by Damia Bouic (Dijon, France) using … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3623, April 3, 2014

Posted on April 4, 2014 by rburnham

Opportunity drove back toward Outcrop Ridge, going east-southeast about 11 meters (36 feet), and deployed the Navcam to survey the rocks of the outcrop in three left-right pairs of images. The image at right is the middle one in the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3621, April 1, 2014

Posted on April 2, 2014 by rburnham

Making zigzag tracks on Murray Ridge, as seen by the left-side Navcam using no filter. In the distance lies the floor of Endeavour Crater (with dunes), backstopped by the crater’s southeastern rim. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status and … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3621, April 1, 2014

Posted on April 2, 2014 by rburnham

Opportunity drove about 30 meters (100 feet) south-southeast to take Pancam images of the next Murray Ridge outcrop, then moved on, driving about 11 meters (36 ft) west. This closeup of Outcrop Ridge was taken by the left-side Pancam through … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3618, March 29, 2014

Posted on April 1, 2014 by rburnham

At about 4 pm local time on Sol 3618, Opportunity’s left-side Pancam looked down from Murray Ridge (foreground) to image the floor of Endeavour Crater and the dark (active) sand dunes there. In the distance lies the crater’s southeastern rim, … Continue reading →

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