Great news is that the high winds

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Great news is that the high winds removed dust
from Spirits solar panels, causing the rovers
daily power supply to double!
causing causing
Pre-dust storm
Post-dust storm
March 5, 2005
March 15, 2005
Approximate true color panoramic camera images
of the calibration target on Spirit.
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The high-perch drive also maximized Spirits
view of dust devil season (Spring/Summer)!
Navigation camera, July 13, 2005 (sol 537).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas AM
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Meanwhile, Opportunity entered into a new
adventure with a sand dune.
Hazard-avoidance camera images of the left front
and right rear wheels, May 10, 2005 (sol 460).
The rover accidentally dug itself wheel-hub-deep
into a ripple about one foot (one-third of a
meter) tall and 8 feet (2.5 meters) wide.
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On the opposite side of Mars, Spirit captured the
Sun setting against the rim of Gusev Crater!
Panoramic camera, May 19, 2005 (sol
489). NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas AM
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Silica discovered in soil (a sign of past H2O),
thanks to driving backwards and dragging a
gimpy wheel!
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Spirit took some pics under her bellywere doing
everything we can to get her free!
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) HiRES image of
Victoria Crater, with Opportunitys tracks
clearly visible!
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After Opportunity left Victoria Crater, we drove
by a really cool iron meteorite and just had to
backtrack a bit!
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MRO wide-angle viewOpportunity is setting off on
the journey of a lifetime, to enormous Endeavor
craterwish us luck!
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