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Your browser does not support HTML video. The two photos shown here in sequence were both taken with Opportunity’s Pancam and with the same filters, but nine days apart.Since each individual image is the sum of three photos taken at slightly different times through three different filters in the three basic RGB colors, I chose to refer to the photo taken with the green filter… Read More »Chromatic variations taken from Opportunity

Between 23:06:10 UTC and 23:09:33 UTC the Pancam of Opportunity takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this extraordinary true color image of these Martian rocks.They continue to shoot the area around Opportunity always showing a wide variety of colors, unlike the photos of Curiosity that always need to be processed to show… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5051, April 9, 2018

Your browser does not support HTML video. The ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager captures a rock type never before seen on Mars!There’s sure to be a lot of talk about the curious structure of this rock and the implications in reconstructing the ancient climate present within Gale Crater. HD animated GIF: https://image.ibb.co/jrFBux/Curiosity_Chemcam_Sol2015_Date.gif Original images: 14:06:45 UTC https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=CR0_576380190PRC_F0691552CCAM03015L1&s=2015 14:12:41 UTC https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=CR0_576380546PRC_F0691552CCAM03015L1&s=2015 14:18:55 UTC https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=CR0_576380920PRC_F0691552CCAM03015L1&s=2015 14:28:09 UTC https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=CR0_576381473PRC_F0691552CCAM03015L1&s=2015 This… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2015, April 7, 2018

At 11:24:16 UTC, 12:59:05 local solar time, Curiosity’s Mastcam Right takes this very interesting photo of some rocks adjacent to the rover itself.The photo presented here has been subjected to white balance and a slight increase in micro-contrast and color saturation, to make more evident color variations.Despite the great distance between Opportunity and Curiosity, even in this case we can observe patches of bluish-green color… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2014, April 6, 2018

Between 22:24:29 UTC and 22:22:32 UTC the Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to obtain this extraordinary true color image of these Martian rocks.Although in this photo the rocks seem to have a grayish base color, contrary to the two photos shown in the two previous posts in which the base color… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5049, April 7, 2018

Between 22:19:59 UTC and 22:22:32 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrowband filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this extraordinary true-color image of these Martian rocks.Note the rock in the lower left, greenish-blue on one side reddish at the top; not that the others are any less important, quite the contrary! Unprocessed (raw) RGB HD image: https://image.ibb.co/iBOV2H/Oppy_Sol5049_02.jpg… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5049, April 7, 2018

Between 22:06:54 UTC and 22:09:29 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this extraordinary true color image of these Martian rocks.The color variations observed in the rocks taken from this picture lead me to hypothesize that they are due to something that affects only the outer surface of the rocks… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5049, April 7, 2018