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Work in progress This is the color panorama Opportunity was working on right up to a few sols or Martian days
before the planet-encircling dust event (PEDE) put a stop to all science operations and caused
the robot field geologist to shut down and enter a sleep survival mode in June 2018. James
Sorenson processed this image in true color. From the black sections, it’s clear that the rover was
still working on it. “I hope when or 'if' Opportunity wakes up, that she could continue to finish it,”
said Sorenson. “She still has work left to do!” There’s a team of scientists and engineers and
MER followers around the world who wholeheartedly agree. NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / ASU / J. Sorenson