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Opportunity: False-color Pancam on pitted rocks

Posted on May 3, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5073, May 2, 2018. With Opportunity parked at La Salinera, mission scientists used the Pancam to shoot a multi-filtered set of images of the pitted rocks next to the rover. (Holger Isenberg reconstructions; false colors vary across the composite … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Moving into place

Posted on April 27, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5068, April 27, 2018. Mission controllers have been driving Opportunity to where the rover can examine both the vesicular rocks and the tabular ones with comparative ease. So they drove the rover uphill, then turned, and went to the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Crushed rock in false color

Posted on April 20, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5061, April 20, 2018. Mission scientists commanded the Pancam to shoot a series of filtered images along the line of vesicular rocks, part of which was crushed under Opportunity’s wheels in the last few sols. Click the image (false-color … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Planning the next moves

Posted on April 19, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5060, April 19, 2018. The rover has backed off slightly from the outcrop and mission scientists are planning Opportunity’s next moves. The above shows the Navcam view of the outcrop with the flat tabular rocks at upper left. These … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 5042, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on April 11, 2018 by rburnham

April 11, 2018: Opportunity Presses On in Perseverance, Pace Picks Up: In the west rim of Endeavour Crater, Opportunity continued her exploration of Perseverance Valley in March – humankind’s first study of a carved channel in an ancient crater on … Continue reading →

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Opportunty: Pancam profiles San Juan Pueblo

Posted on April 5, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5046, April 4, 2018. The science team commanded Opportunity to shoot a series of filtered Pancam images on the parts of the San Juan Pueblo outcrop that lie a short distance upslope from the rover. The above composite uses … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: MI closeup on San Juan Pueblo

Posted on April 4, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5045, April 3, 2018. The outcrop named San Juan Pueblo shows a vesicular texture studded with hollows and voids, seen in this 2×2 mosaic by Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager. If this were a piece of basalt on Earth, it would … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Vesicular rocks at San Juan Pueblo

Posted on April 2, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5042, March 31, 2018. San Juan Pueblo is the name of the target Opportunity is now examining. Its rocks show vesicles — hollow voids — that are found commonly with volcanic rocks that form when gas-rich magma reaches the … Continue reading →

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