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Will work for wind

Will work for wind
Will work for wind Opportunity’s solar arrays probably got pretty dirty during the planet-encircling dust storm that blanketed the Red Planet in June and July 2018 and darkened the skies over Endeavour Crater and Opportunity. Searching for a little levity during a dark time, Stuart Atkinson processed and enhanced this image that Opportunity took some time ago, adding the jokester plea seen on dirty vehicles around the world. A contributor to The Planetary Society’s Amateur Space Images Archive and frequent image contributor to The MER Update, Atkinson has also followed this rover’s journey in his The Road to Endeavour. NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / ASU / additional processing S. Atkinson