PIA07984: Slow Progress in Dune (Right Front Wheel)
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Hazcam
 Product Size:  256 x 256 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Producer ID:  2005-085
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07984.tif (65.83 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07984.jpg (7.488 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

The right front wheel of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity makes slow but steady progress through soft dune material in this movie clip of frames taken by the rover's front hazard identification camera over a period of several days. The sequence starts on Opportunity's 460th martian day, or sol (May 10, 2005) and ends 11 days later. In eight drives during that period, Opportunity advanced a total of 26 centimeters (10 inches) while spinning its wheels enough to have driven 46 meters (151 feet) if there were no slippage. The motion appears to speed up near the end of the clip, but that is an artifact of individual frames being taken less frequently.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-24