Tag Archives: Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Opportunity: Pancam false-color

Posted on May 5, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4009, May 5, 2015. A pair of Pancam false-color images (by Holger Isenberg) showing the edge of Spirit of St. Louis Crater reveals the difference between the material inside and outside the crater’s edge. (Click on the image above to … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 5, 2015 by rburnham

May 5, 2015: Opportunity Logs Sol 4000, Digs Spirit of St. Louis Crater  After investigating some flat, light and dark toned rocks around Spirit of St. Louis Crater in April, Opportunity chalked up another milestone achievement for the Mars Exploration Rovers … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Exploring near Lindbergh

Posted on May 4, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4006, May 2, 2015. With the rover standing near the Lindbergh mound (left), the Navcam shot a sequence from roughly the center of Spirit of St. Louis Crater. The wide notch in the landscape at rear center is the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Looking at Lindbergh

Posted on May 1, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4005, May 1, 2015. Two Navcam frames composited portray the stack of rocks dubbed Lindbergh, which stands in Spirit of St. Louis Crater. This view looks approximately north; behind Lindbergh is Swann Hill, and the horizon at top right … Continue reading →

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Looking NW over Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Posted on April 30, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4004, April 30, 2015. If the enigmatic dark feature named Spirit of St. Louis were a clock face, Opportunity would currently be at about 4 o’clock. This four-frame Navcam composite looks toward the northwest across the dark infill in … Continue reading →

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Opportunity’s Sol 4000, Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Posted on April 30, 2015 by rburnham

An elongated crater called “Spirit of St. Louis,” with a rock spire in it, dominates a recent scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Opportunity completed its 4,000th Martian day, or sol, of work on … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Lone Eagle, by Microscopic Imager

Posted on April 29, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4003, April 29, 2015. Four Microscopic Imager frames composited reveal an area of interest on Lone Eagle. (Click the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: At Lone Eagle, seen in false color

Posted on April 29, 2015 by rburnham

Sols 4000-4003 [!], April 26-29, 2015. Opportunity has begun its investigation of the enigmatic crater Spirit of St. Louis at an outcrop dubbed Lone Eagle. Above is a false-color composite by Holger Isenberg of two Pancam frames from Sol 4000. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Spartan in false color

Posted on April 15, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3987, April 12, 2015. A false-color Pancam image shows the curious feature dubbed Spartan, which lies about 4 meters (13 feet) from the edge of the also-curious Spirit of St. Louis Crater. (What relationship, if any, exists between them … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Spirit of St. Louis Crater next

Posted on April 13, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3987, April 12, 2015. Next up is the enigmatic crater Spirit of St. Louis (dark oval in the center) and its puzzling rock pile, Lindbergh. This Navcam composite looks generally northward, with Meridiani Planum at left and the summit … Continue reading →

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