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Windswept Opportunity Rover

Comparison shows cleaner solar panels over three months.
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State University
Published: June 11, 2018

A comparison image shows how Martian winds help clean the Opportunity rover's solar panels over three months in 2014.

Spring Cleaning

The image on the left is from January 2014. The image on the right in March 2014.

ENLARGE

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