Tag Archives: Opportunity

Sol 4831, August 27, 2017. Parked on a north-tipping slope for better power, Opportunity is imaging its surroundings. Above is a two-frame Navcam view looking northward (with strong lens flare), while below is a Pancam triptych of the rounded rocks … Continue reading →

Opportunity Status Report, August 22, 2017: Opportunity is located in “Perseverance Valley” on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has been staying in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) stereo panoramas. Now that we are in the valley, … Continue reading →

Sol 4820, August 15, 2017. The Pancam takes a false-color (Holger Isenberg) view of the northern part of the Perseverance Valley floor. (The right hand image lacks some filtered frames for making a color reconstruction.)  Click image to enlarge it. … Continue reading →

Sol 4818, August 13, 2017. With Opportunity parked at the same location since Sol 4816 (August 11), the Navcan shot a six-frame half panorama looking south. Part of the valley channel is just visible at the left edge of the … Continue reading →

Sol 4816, August 11, 2017. Following a 10.5-meter (35-foot) drive downslope, Opportunity used the Navcam to shoot a semi-panorama looking back uphill. (Click image to enlarge it.) From the Opportunity Status Report through Sol 4814: “…Opportunity is located in Perseverance … Continue reading →

Sol 4814, August 9, 2017. In late afternoon, Opportunity stops with the Perseverance Valley channel visible ahead (above). At right is an outcrop appearing strongly scoured by sand grains. Below is a two-frame Navcam shot of the outcrop from the … Continue reading →

Sols 4808-09, August 3-4, 2017. Opportunity swung back into action on Sol 4808, sending a Navcam series looking downslope to the east (above). The next day, the Microscopic Imager took a shot of a wind-etched target called Parral (right). And … Continue reading →

August 1, 2017: Opportunity enters Perseverance Valley, eettles in for solar conjunction: After struggling to get her left front wheel unstuck in June, Opportunity quickly adapted to a new driving strategy and unabashedly cruised into Perseverance Valley in July, making … Continue reading →

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a large crater’s rim. The scene includes a broad notch in the crest of the crater’s … Continue reading →