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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:
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NASA/JPL
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