12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos

[pinkoos]

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01...rs/431571/

[archipirata]

Those are great. You can really see the dust build up on the solar panels in one of the shots.

[Paul F.]

(Written for Spirit, applies to Opportunity)

[DP]

Amazing that at least one is still going when they were designed to last three months. Opportunity is still at it:

http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

[Kraniac]

Really cool, thanks.

[sekker]

25 - awesome!

[graylocks]

Paul F, that cartoon always makes me a little weepy. poor Spirit.

[Paul F.]

graylocks wrote:
Paul F, that cartoon always makes me a little weepy. poor Spirit.

Not me... *cough*... I, uh, just have something in my eye...

Just imagine Opportunity... wintering again in a Martian dust storm. Being sandblasted, waiting for spring... to find out if it's aging solar panels will be able to give it another year of power.

And yes, I anthropomorphize some machines.

... Just something in my eye...