Tag Archives: Swann Hill

Opportunity: Rock survey

Posted on July 30, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4092, July 29, 2015. Rocks scattered across the smooth surface at the head of Marathon Valley appear to have fallen from Swann Hill and other elevated points flanking the valley (click to enlarge). False-color Pancam images by Holger Isenberg. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: At the valley’s head

Posted on July 24, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4086, July 23, 2015. The rover is placed where it can study the mostly bare outcrops that form a rough pavement at the head of Marathon Valley. Numerous loose rocks — called “float” by geologists — appear to have … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Swann Hill, south side

Posted on July 22, 2015 by rburnham

This composite (click to enlarge in a new tab) shows the south side of Swann Hill, which stands at the head of Marathon Valley. These false-color images were created by Holger Isenberg from filtered Pancam images taken on sols 4081 … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Looking southwest, looking east

Posted on July 16, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4078, July 15, 2015. The rover’s Navcam took a three-frame composite looking southwest toward the Lindberg Mound (above). Then it drove 36 meters (118 feet) to the north-northeast in the direction of Swann Hill, and took another three-frame composite … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Out of conjunction

Posted on June 29, 2015 by rburnham

Sols 4059 and 4062, June 25 and 28, 2015. Pancam images profile Swann Hill (above, in a color reconstruction by Holger Isenberg) and the enigmatic Lindbergh Mound in the left-side #2 filter (below). Each image enlarges into a new tab … 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: 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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