Look how clean Opportunity is now!

Written by
Emily Lakdawalla
April 9, 2014
You've heard from both Larry Crumpler and A. J. S. Rayl recently about how Opportunity has enjoyed a cleaning event that's left her solar panels sparkling in the sunshine. Here's a rover deck panorama to corroborate that story, newly processed by James Sorenson. I love how the position of the rover mast's shadow across the deck perfectly implies its presence and even height. (Opportunity, of course, cannot see her own camera mast.)

Compare the photo with this one, taken last Mars winter, with the rover nearly camouflaged against the dusty ground:

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