Tag Archives: Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Opportunity: Heading around Speckled Hill

Posted on March 18, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3962, March 18, 2015. Opportunity is driving southwest away from the edge of the ridge to get around Speckled Hill at left. (Click on the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) This low, rock-strewn hill … Continue reading →

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Opportunity dusts off Sgt. Charles Floyd

Posted on March 6, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3950, March 5, 2015. Opportunity used its brush to clear dust from the unusual rock dubbed Sgt. Charles Floyd (after the quartermaster of the Lewis and Clark expedition). The brushed area appears as a slightly darker circle in the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity studies ‘odd rocks’ at valley overlook

Posted on March 6, 2015 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying “Marathon Valley,” a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposures of clay minerals. Near the overlook, it found blocky rocks so unlike any previously … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Route ahead toward the valley

Posted on March 4, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3948, March 3, 2015. An hour after the Pancam shot its multi-band images of Sgt. Charles Floyd outcrop, the Navcam made a three-frame pan looking toward the south. The images show a low hill which stands at the head … Continue reading →

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