Subframe Images from Opportunity

Opportunity, Sol 4 14:50


1/28/2004

Opportunity, Sol 7 15:02


1/31/2004

Opportunity, Sol 8 10:16


2/1/2004

Opportunity, Sol 11 10:51


2/4/2004

Opportunity, Sol 11 11:31


2/4/2004

(Color filter 3 is missing.)

Opportunity, Sol 12 10:25

Only has filters 4, 5, 6, and 7
2/5/2004

Opportunity, Sol 12 12:48


2/5/2004

Opportunity, Sol 17 10:23


2/10/2004

Opportunity, Sol 18 10:23


2/11/2004

Opportunity, Sol 20 10:33


2/13/2004

Opportunity, Sol 24 12:47


2/17/2004

Opportunity, Sol 24 12:59


2/17/2004

Opportunity, Sol 27 11:48


2/20/2004

Opportunity, Sol 29 11:49

Before Drilling
2/22/2004

Opportunity, Sol 29 13:28


2/22/2004

Opportunity, Sol 30 11:58


2/23/2004

Opportunity, Sol 31 11:46

After Drilling -- it's dusty!
2/24/2004

Opportunity, Sol 32 09:27


2/25/2004

Opportunity, Sol 32 09:37


2/25/2004

Opportunity, Sol 32 09:50


2/25/2004

Opportunity, Sol 32 14:08


2/26/2004

Opportunity, Sol 32 14:22


2/26/2004

Opportunity, Sol 33 11:02


2/26/2004

Opportunity, Sol 34 15:35


2/28/2004

Opportunity, Sol 34 15:39


2/28/2004

Opportunity, Sol 35 13:23

The silver colored metal of the ring on the solar abrasion tool is a reddish brown after the dust settled on it, probably from fine-grained hematite.
2/29/2004

Opportunity, Sol 35 13:37

This hole was made by the rover's rock abrasion tool, located on its instrument deployment device, or "arm." The hole is located on a target called "Guadalupe" at the "El Capitan" region of the Meridiani Planum, Mars, rock outcrop. It was made on the 30th martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's journey.

The grinding process at has generated a significant amount of reddish dust. Color and spectral properties of the dust show that it may contain some fine-grained crystalline red hematite.
2/29/2004

Opportunity, Sol 35 14:35


2/29/2004

Opportunity, Sol 37 13:04


3/2/2004

Opportunity, Sol 37 13:38


3/2/2004

Opportunity, Sol 40 13:42


3/5/2004

Opportunity, Sol 42 11:29


3/7/2004

Opportunity, Sol 42 14:52


3/7/2004

Opportunity, Sol 43 12:39


3/8/2004

Opportunity, Sol 43 17:07


3/8/2004

Opportunity, Sol 44 16:05


3/9/2004

Opportunity, Sol 45 10:31
3/10/2004

Opportunity, Sol 45 12:33

the 3.1 millimeter-deep (just over one-tenth of an inch) hole ground by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rock abrasion tool in the target called "Mojo 2" on "Flatrock" was taken on the 44th martian day, or sol, of the mission. It will help complete the chemical analysis of the lowest layer of the outcrop in the crater where the rover now resides. After a brief brushing on sol 45, the science team plans to place Opportunity's spectrometers on the hole to collect data vital to their understanding of this impressive outcrop.

Scientists believe that the spherule or "blueberry" in the upper right area of the circular impression was sliced in half by the rock abrasion tool. "Blueberries" are a known obstruction to the grinding tool that cause it to terminate its sequence. Despite the stall, the rock abrasion tool abraded "Flatrock" for one hour and five minutes, producing a cavity ripe for investigation.
3/10/2004

Opportunity, Sol 46 13:30
3/11/2004

Opportunity, Sol 46 13:41
3/11/2004

Opportunity, Sol 46 13:48
3/11/2004

Opportunity, Sol 46 14:31

The sphere-like grains or "blueberries" distributed throughout the outcrop can be seen lining up with individual layers. This observation indicates that the spherules are geologic features called concretions, which form in pre-existing wet sediments. Other sphere-like grains, such as impact spherules or volcanic lapilli (fragments of material between 2 and 64 millimeters or .08 and 2.5 inches in maximum dimension that are ejected from a volcano) are thought to be deposited with sediments and thus would form layers distinct from those of the rocks.
3/11/2004

Opportunity, Sol 47 11:46
3/12/2004

Opportunity, Sol 47 14:26
3/12/2004

Opportunity, Sol 48 11:46
3/13/2004

Opportunity, Sol 48 13:29

This image is of the exceptional rock called "Berry Bowl" in the "Eagle Crater" outcrop. The study of this "blueberry-strewn" area and the identification of hematite as the major iron-bearing element within these sphere-like grains helped scientists confirm their hypothesis that the hematite in these martian spherules was deposited in water. To separately analyze the mineralogical content of three main features within this area -- blueberries, dust and rock -- it was important that the rock abrasion tool's brush was able to rest on a relatively berry-free spot. The rock's small size and crowd of berries made the 10-minute brushing a challenge to plan and execute. The successful brushing on the target whimsically referred to as "Near Empty" on the rover's 48th sol on Mars left a dust-free impression for subsequent examination by the rover's spectrometers. No grinding was necessary on the rock because spectral data obtained on the dust-free surface were sufficient to verify that the rock's chemical composition differs significantly from the hematite-rich berries.
3/13/2004

Opportunity, Sol 49 14:58
3/14/2004

Opportunity, Sol 49 15:12
3/14/2004

Opportunity, Sol 50 12:02
3/15/2004

Opportunity, Sol 50 12:54
3/15/2004

Opportunity, Sol 50 13:10
3/15/2004

Opportunity, Sol 51 14:09
3/16/2004