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Opportunity’s parting shot as the storm hit

Opportunity’s parting shot as the storm hit
Opportunity’s parting shot as the storm hit After transmitting this incomplete shot in June, Opportunity shut down, likely suffering a low-power fault, and went into a kind of hibernation to wait out the planet-encircling dust event (PEDE). With the storm over and a dust-cleaning season just beginning, the MER team still holds out hope they will hear from their rover soon. NASA / JPL-Caltech