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Opportunity: 10 feet back upslope

Posted on October 26, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4890, October 26, 2017. Seeking to examine some rocks upslope from Opportunity’s last position, scientists drove the rover about 10 feet back. This places the front of the rover where the instrument arm can work on a target area … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pancam checks Spirit Mound

Posted on September 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4502, September 22, 2016. Above is a Pancam composite showing part of Spirit Mound and one of the small rocky “ridges” leading away from it. Pancam took a fully filtered set of images for the two leftmost frames (false-colored … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sol 3602, March 12, 2014

Posted on March 13, 2014 by rburnham

Wind-shaped rock (ventifact)? At a target dubbed Augustine, the Pancam takes a close look at one of the cobble-size rocks on Murray Ridge using its filter collection. (More about the filters here.) This image at right uses left-side filter #5 … Continue reading →

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