There is a black rock in the left foreground that looks just like an oil glob on a sandy beach (ie Santa Barbara, California). No problem if it is oil, NASA recently demonstrated the ability to identify oil globs by plane or satellite spectral imaging :-).
atomoid
Jul 16 2015, 02:42 AM
...though not collected in a depression, but randomly astrewn as if a blob of lava or obsidian tossed down from SSL.. Click to view attachment
nprev
Jul 16 2015, 04:15 AM
My first guess would be a stony meteorite with a nice thick fusion crust. Odd looking thing.
Could be quite fresh if that's what it is.
jvandriel
Jul 16 2015, 11:22 AM
First Panoramic view into Marathon Valley with the Left Navcam on Sol 4078.
One more wonderful panorama Jan. It remember me when we came from volcanoes in Chile and you come down to the Atacama Plateau. Very peaceful and quiet.
And by the way, you put Sol "1048" in the panorama. Did we come back in time?
fredk
Jul 16 2015, 04:59 PM
Lovely view openning up after the 4079 drive to the east: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol4079 I think we're seeing Argos along the right edge of that frame, and the large light-toned ridge above centre is the feature to the lower left of the "Marathon Valley" label in Phil's map.
jvandriel
Jul 17 2015, 08:58 AM
Cruzeiro do Sul you are right. I missed that completely. Here is the correct one, especially for you.
This view needs an Ennio Morricone theme! Thanks all for the disseminating and image processing.
algorithm
Jul 18 2015, 08:24 PM
NavCam anaglyph from Sol 4081, into the valley indeed. It's like looking across the sands into 'The Wash' in North Norfolk, only I can't tell if the tide is going out or coming in.
Here is a nice calm soundtrack to take us into this tranquill looking valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXVhh7TKgcA (Listen to the soundtrack while looking at the view)
Thanks Jan and sorry for my very poor English, but it's not my first language...by far, but i have to say that your work (and those of others members of this forum) with these Mars images amaze me and i am so grateful for that.
HughFromAlice
Jul 21 2015, 05:39 AM
I've had the morning off work because of a bad cold so I thought I'd relax and take up the challenge of making a colourized pic of out the NavCams of Sol 4081.……Hᴜɢʜ….ツ Click to view attachment
jvandriel
Jul 22 2015, 02:11 PM
Added 1 image ( Right one, Sol 4082 ) to the Sol 4081 view.
From Private Reubin Field, Opportunity will loop around Marathon Valley on her walkabout. "We have about five stops identified along the north rim, before we circle around to the southern part of Marathon Valley where we see north-facing slopes that will improve our power by the time winter comes," said Golombek.
Burmese
Aug 4 2015, 05:18 PM
They should call that view of the rocks on the slope "Rush Hour at Marathon Valley" - nothing is moving but you sure get a sense of movement.
Very filmic this spot. Someone should shoot a western here.
climber
Aug 8 2015, 03:16 PM
QUOTE (SFJCody @ Aug 8 2015, 04:11 PM)
Very filmic this spot. Someone should shoot a western here.
Marathon Monument + Marathon Valley = Monument Valley. So, you're mathematicaly correct
charborob
Aug 11 2015, 11:41 AM
Sol 4104 L pancam view. Gives you an idea of the steepness of the slope. (I leave it to more talented people to produce the color image.) Click to view attachment