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This animated gif is a combination of two still images. The first image shows a closeup view in black and white of the junction where two very clean solar cells intersect.  The second image shows a closeup view of two solar cells heavily coated with dust; much of the dust has aggregated into tiny clumps all over the surface.
This animated gif is three images. The first image shows the sand-strewn, flat surface of the light tan rock outcrop with the fin viewed from above. An arrow points to the fin, a very thin blade of material standing on edge and casting a little bit of a shadow at the rock's left edge. Near the upper 'cutting' edge of the fin are the gray, broken-off flakes shown in greater detail in the accompanying microscopic image mosaic. The second image shows an overhead view of Opportunity's robotic arm and its multiple scientific tools hovering over a thin blade extending upward along the left edge of a flat rock.  The third image is a microscopic image mosaic which shows a close-up look at mineral accretions along the razorlike edge of the fin and flakes on its side. It also shows a couple of 'flakes' -- pieces of the fin that have broken off and are now lying on their sides in some wind-blown sand
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Read the update 'Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity's Robotic Arm' Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity's Robotic Arm
A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently. >>
Read the update 'Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions' Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions
Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving. >>
Read more about 'Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars' Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars
Updated: Jan 9, 2008
As expected, scientists at JPL's Near-Earth Object Office have further refined the trajectory estimate for asteroid 2007 WD5 and ruled out any possibility of a Mars impact on Jan. >>
Read more about 'Alignment on December 24, 2007' Alignment on December 24, 2007
This is a special day that happens only every 26 months when Earth is exactly between the Sun and Mars. Find out more about opposition and experiment with Mars and Earth in their orbits. >>
Read the press release 'Software Helps Mars Rovers Find Winter Havens' Software Helps Mars Rovers Find Winter Havens
Spirit Gets Help for Finding a Winter Haven New software is helping the rover team find safe places for Spirit to ride out future Martian winters and places for future explorations by both Mars rovers. >>
Read the news release 'Mars Rover Investigates Signs of Steamy Martian Past' Mars Rover Investigates Signs of Steamy Martian Past
Researchers using NASA's twin Mars rovers are sorting out two possible origins for one of Spirit's most important discoveries, while also getting Spirit to a favorable spot for surviving the next Martian winter >>
Read the update 'NASA Extends Operations for Its Long-Lived Mars Rovers' NASA Extends Operations for Its Long-Lived Mars Rovers
NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. >>
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Jan 17: It's the fourth anniversary of the Mars Exploration Rovers.
The twin rovers have operated now 16 times longer than the original three-month prime mission and they're still going.
View the video 'Mars Rovers Battle Severe Dust Storm'
Mars Rovers Battle Severe Dust Storm
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Opportunity Poised to Enter Victoria Crater
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Watch the video 'Mars scientist Diana Blaney studies the Red Planet from Hawaii.'
Mars scientist Diana Blaney studies the Red Planet from Hawaii
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