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04-Nov-2004
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Spirit Adds Clues About History of Rocks in Martian Hills
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'Wopmay' in False Color
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity examined a boulder called "Wopmay" before heading further east inside "Endurance Crater." The frames combined into this false-color view were taken by Opportunity's panoramic camera during the rover's 251st martian day (Oct. 7, 2004). The coloring accentuates iron-rich spherical concretions as bluish dots embedded in the rock and on the ground around it. The rock is about one meter (3 feet) across. The slope of the ground and loose surface material around the rock prevented Opportunity from getting firm enough footing to use its rock abrasion tool on Wopmay. Evidence from the rover's spectrometers and microscopic imager is consistent with a possibility that rocks near the bottom of the crater were affected by water both before and after the crater formed. The evidence is still not conclusive.
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell
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Close-up of 'Wopmay'
A close-up look at the surface of a rock called "Wopmay," inside "Endurance Crater," shows crevices and spherical concretions. The view combines four frames taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the rover's 259th martian day (Oct. 15, 2004). The area shown is about 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) across. This location on Wopmay was given the informal target name "Twin Otter."
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Difficult Terrain for Opportunity
Wheel tracks from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity show where the rover struggled for traction while driving away from "Wopmay" rock inside "Endurance Crater." The rover looked back for this view from its navigation camera on its 272nd martian day (Oct. 29, 2004).
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Opportunity Looks Ahead on Sol 274
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this image during the its 274th martian day, or sol, (Oct. 31, 2004) to provide rover planners with a fresh look at the planned drive direction. The rover is making its way eastward inside "Endurance Crater" toward the base of a steep exposure of layered rock called "Burns Cliff."
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