Monthly Archives: April 2010

With Oppy enjoying a thrilling new view, and about to turn and head for what will surely be the ultimate goal of her entire mission, I thought it was a good time to give my blog a bit of a … Continue reading →

While we’re waiting for the latest pancam images to come back from Oppy, I’m wondering if the latest navcam pics show she’s spotted something interesting up ahead… Hmmm…. is that a meteorite, perhaps? Been a while since we came across … Continue reading →

A few more images came down today, so I have made another panoramic mosaic of the faraway hills. Not a patch on Damien’s, of course, but I wanted to give it a go. And a close-up of the hills I … Continue reading →

Some more pictures have come back from Oppy that are allowing image fans like myself to create different types of “product” – 3D anaglyphs, black and white and colour mosaics, and panoramas, etc. In this post I’d like to show … Continue reading →

A few new pics have come down – not many, but enough to make me fire up Photoshop and make a new view of the beckoning hills…

Well, a little more clearly, anyway! As Oppy chugs on, approaching the top of a local rise, her view of the distant hills is slowly but surely improving a little every day. Here’s Oppy’s latest position… Here’s her latest view … Continue reading →

Today is a big day for Oppy, and for all of us following her epic, Lewis and Clark trek across the great Meridiani desert towards the mighty crater Endeavour. Today, for the first time on this long, long journey, Oppy … Continue reading →

Oppy is still slowly but surely chugging her way onwards, and today some new images came back from Mars showing the faraway Hills of Endeavour (and other craters in that direction)… Here they are stitched together into a panorama… Here’s … Continue reading →

Oppy has now left “San Antonio” far behind, and is making her way into some pretty featureless terrain. Lots of dust dunes… more dust dunes… some more dust dunes… dust dunes, as far as the eye can see… After a … Continue reading →

You’ve probably noticed a lull in updates the past few days. That’s because there have been no new pics to show you, no new…um… news, to share with you. Oppy hasn’t broken down tho, don’t worry; she’s just been taking … Continue reading →