Monthly Archives: April 2017

Opportunity has just completed one of her longest ever drives on Mars (I’m not sure what her longest was, I’ll have to check). She just completed a drive on Mars that was an amazing 132m long. Now, that’s not a … Continue reading →

Opportunity is doing what any explorer and adventurer worth her salt would do – stopping, having a break, taking a good look around her, taking in the landscape, before continuing on to her main destination. Here are a couple of … Continue reading →

…over Opportunity’s shoulder, we can see her wheel tracks leading down the hillside… I love images like this, they really show that Opportunity is a ROVER, driving across the surface of Mars, exploring and making discoveries… Some more new images … Continue reading →

While we wait for new images to come back from Opportunity, I thought I’d share this… These “ripples” might look like wet sand on a beach, made as the tide ebbed in and out, but they are actually dunes of … Continue reading →

Not going to wax lyrical about this, just click on the image below, to enlarge it, and then enjoy scrolling around them, taking in all the features… just beautiful…

It’s now 8 years and 4 months since I started this blog. If you’ve been with me from the start, thank you! If you’ve only just found us, thank you too! It’s been a real labour of love – very … Continue reading →

As Opportunity continues to work her way downhill the view ahead and below is really opening up, allowing us to see both further to the horizon and down the side of Endeavour Crater. In fact, I think… I think… we … Continue reading →