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Tag Archives: Solander Point
Gathering the rocks of Meridiani Planum
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Michael Bouchard and Bradley Joliff recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] A Systematic Method for Classifying and Grouping Late Noachian and Early Hesperian Rock Targets Analyzed by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Botany Bay, Burns Formation, Cape York, Eagle Crater, Endeavour Crater, Endurance Crater, Gagarin, Grasberg Formation, Marathon Valley, Marquette, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Meridiani Planum, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Shoemaker Formation, Solander Point, Victoria Crater
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
January 7, 2015: Opportunity Closes in on 11th Anniversary and We Look Back on 2014. With a wonder year of discoveries, historic feats, and bummers in the rear view mirror – and plenty of mettle to continue exploring – Opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Looking north
Sol 3825, October 27, 2014. The rover’s left Navcam takes in the view over Wdowiak Ridge, with the rim of Ulysses Crater just visible in the center foreground. In the distance beyond lie the Solander Point and Cape York rim … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Cape York, dust, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point, Ulysses Crater, Wdowiak Ridge
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Opportunity: Looking north on Wdowiak Ridge
Sol 3786, September 18, 2014. The Pancam is looking north from high on Wdowiak Ridge, not far from Ulysses Crater, in this composite of three false-color images created by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames. The Solander Point rim segment, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Holger Isenberg, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point, Ulysses Crater, Wdowiak Ridge
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Opportunity’s surroundings after 25 miles on Mars
This panorama combines several images from the navigation camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to show the rover’s surroundings after surpassing 25 miles (40.23 kilometers) of total driving on Mars. The component images were taken on July 29, 2014, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point, Wdowiak Ridge
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Opportunity rolls past Meridiani milepost 25
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was held by the Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 2 rover. “Opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3728, July 20, 2014
Sand ripples trace roughly parallel lines across the saddle between the Solander Point rim segment, which Opportunity has explored, and the Cape Tribulation segment lying ahead on the skyline (two-frame Navcam composite). Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, sand ripples, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3718, July 9, 2014
As Opportunity drove down into the saddle between Murray Ridge, the crestline of the Solander Point rim segment, and Cape Tribulation, the Navcam imaged its surroundings (two-frame composite above). Winds blowing through the saddle have pushed up small ripples of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, sand ripples, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3717, July 8, 2014
In two frames, the Navcam captures the view looking over the saddle between the rover’s current position on Murray Ridge and the Cape Tribulation rim segment at right. In the distance lies the interior of Endeavour Crater and farther rim … Continue reading
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3717, July 8, 2014
The Fin, in Pancam closeup. (Image contrast adjusted to reveal shadow detail.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3717 Pancam images is here.)
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point, The Fin
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