Monthly Archives: October 2009

If you’re wondering whereabouts we actually ARE on “The Road To Endeavour”, let me show you… Ok, so here’s Oppy’s “trek” so far – from her landing site at Eagle Crater, all those years ago, to where she is now, … Continue reading →

Just for fun – it’s not calibrated, or to scale, or anything fancy like that, ok? So no comments twining “That one’s too big!” or “That one’s too dark!” or “That shadow looks wrong!” – here’s a pic showing the … Continue reading →

Mackinac is far behind Oppy now, but I felt moved to celebrate / commemorate their brief get-together with one of my astro-poems… please click on the image below to bring up a full size version you can read more easily, … Continue reading →

Opportunity has now sped away from “Mackinac”, the meteorite she’s been examining for a few sols, and is now heading west, towards what looks like a rather interesting crater. But before she departed for dunes new, Oppy took, and sent … Continue reading →

Yaaay! Finally I can make a colour view of new meteorite “Mackinac”!Poor, poor little thing looks like it’s been really beaten up by the martian environment since it landed… Click on the picture to enlarge it.

It seems that Opportunity has really been bitten by the meteorite-collecting bug! After investigating “Block Island” and then “Shelter Island” she’s now taking a look at another meteorite christened “Mackinac”. (Guess they ran out of good island names to use!*) … Continue reading →

Opportunity has now driven almost all the way around the meteorite christened “Shelter Island” – and the ‘rear’ is, as I predicted, fascinating! This meteorite seems even more heavily eroded than ‘Block Island’, with lots of cavities, hollows carved out … Continue reading →

Opportunity is now taking a leisurely drive around the meteorite “Shelter Island”, photographing it as it goes. Here are my latest pics… 3D glasses need to view them (but you probably guessed that…!) I can’t wait to see the “rear” … Continue reading →

Last week, after scooting away from the meteorite “Block Island” (see previous posts) so fast I was wondering if she’d spotted something yucky crawling around inside it, Oppy spotted another possible meteorite – a meteormight? – up ahead… (top left) … Continue reading →