Opportunity has been spending its recent time in Victoria Crater collecting data from the grouping of light colored rocks just inside the crater called “Steno,” and “Smith,” The rover is currently in excellent condition and continues to contribute to our knowledge about the Martian surface on a daily basis. The article then goes on to describe the day by day activities of Opportunity from October 12 to October 19. Some of these activities included...
-measuring atmospheric dust
-ground and sky surveys with thermal emission spectrometer and panoramic camera
-microscopic image mosaic of the rocks in Victoria Crater known as “Hall”
-searched for clouds with its panoramic camera
-imaging of surrounding terrain and mapping of geography
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