Emily Lakdawalla • Oct 09, 2008
Catching up with Phoenix to sol 133: Digging at La Mancha, grabbing Galloping Hessians from Pet Donkey
Don't blame me for the names. I'm just the messenger. There's been a fury of digging lately on Phoenix, and that means a flurry of new names to figure out. When I last mapped out the work volume (the area within reach of the robotic arm), this is what it looked like:
Check out the Robotic Arm Camera raw images page; there's lots of new images there, including several attempts to record dust devil movies (I didn't have time to check if they were successful in catching any on camera). And the sol-by-sol summary is now up-to-date as of sol 133.
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