Monthly Archives: June 2013

Opportunity continues to head south, and is making good and steady progress towards Solander Point and Cape Tribulation. And every day our view of the ridges, layers and outcrops on Solander Point get a little better, a little clearer… Here’s … Continue reading →

Just waiting for the next batch of images to come back from Oppy but thought I’d post a very quick update based on yesterday’s pictures. Having driven off Nobby’s Head, finally, Oppy’s attention has turned to the rocks and stones … Continue reading →

I think… I *think*.. Oppy has left Nobby’s Head and is on her way to Solander Point, that’s how I’m interpreting the latest images anyway. There’s been a definite change in the rocks and terrain at Oppy’s feet that suggests … Continue reading →

Interesting… Oppy appears to have turned left and gone into the low hills (did I say hills? They’re more like low mounds. Did I say mounds? They’re more like little bumps..) at the centre of Nobby’s Head instead of taking … Continue reading →

As Oppy enters yet another new and exciting phase of her epic mission on Mars, I just want to share a couple of images and some personal thoughts with you. Some images came back yesterday that I was able to … Continue reading →

I must admit I’m a bit lost. The latest images to come back from Oppy are a bit of a grab bag, some were obviously taken a little while ago and have just now come back, others seem bang up … Continue reading →

Another day, another drive by Oppy, and as you can see from the next image she’s now *this* close to driving off the apron of Nobby’s Head and starting the long drive across the dusty plain to Solander Point… Again, … Continue reading →

Not actually sea, of course. Not water. But it looks like Oppy is heading resolutely towards the edge of Nobby’s Head now, and when she drives off the “apron” in a couple of days, and rolls back down onto Botany … Continue reading →

Opportunity is continuing to work her way down and around “Nobby’s Head”, en-route to Solander Point, which we can think of as the rocky ramp up onto Cape Tribulation. As she trundles on her way she’s sending back a steady … Continue reading →

Some new images have come back from Oppy, suggesting she is continuing to trundle around the western flank of Nobby’s Head. Here’s the latest panoramic view… …and a close up of the interesting bit…! Going from those images, here’s where … Continue reading →