Tag Archives: Ulysses Crater

Opportunity: Ruffner rock in color

Posted on October 6, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3798, September 30, 2014. The big rock on the rim of Ulysses Crater, as seen in a false-color image created by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map.

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Opportunity: Close-up on rock shards

Posted on October 3, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3800 (!), October 2, 2014. The Microscopic Imager captures shards of rock on the rim of Ulysses Crater, in a two-frame composite. Below: what the Hazcam saw (contrast adjusted). Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Ulysses rim rocks in color

Posted on September 26, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3793, September 25, 2014. Two false-color images of rocks on the rim of Ulysses (Raimund at right, Hoover at bottom in the image below) join yesterday‘s, as created by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames.     Opportunity raw … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Examining Ulysses ejecta

Posted on September 25, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3793, September 25, 2014. The front Hazcam shows Opportunity at work in the local afternoon on rock targets Hoover and Raimund lying on the rim of Ulysses Crater. (The thumbnail has its contrast adjusted to deal with lens flare.) … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rock on the rim

Posted on September 23, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3791, September 22, 2014. Ulysses Crater looks lopsided because it was formed by a meteorite impact on the sloping surface of Wdowiak Ridge. (Also, the meteorite likely struck at an angle to the surface itself.) The result is a … Continue reading →

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Opportunity field report: September 22, 2014

Posted on September 22, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3790 (September 22, 2014) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: “There was a stand-down of activities on Opportunity for a week or so as we emptied the flash … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Crawling closer to Ulysses

Posted on September 22, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3789, September 20, 2014. A Navcam composite view as the rover crawls closer to to the lip of Ulysses Crater. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map.  

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Opportunity: Looking north on Wdowiak Ridge

Posted on September 22, 2014 by rburnham

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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Opportunity: Edge of Ulysses Crater

Posted on September 19, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3787, September 18, 2014. Opportunity has been climbing along Wdowiak Ridge and is nearing the rim of Ulysses Crater (left) in this four-frame Navcam composite. Scattered blocks of ejected material lie all around on the ground. Ulysses is about … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pancam looks east

Posted on September 18, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 3786, September 17, 2014.  Two red-filtered frames from a Pancam mosaic in progress look over the interior of Endeavour Crater, with its eastern rim segments on the far horizon. The crater is about 22 km (14 miles) wide, with … Continue reading →

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