The Last Traverse

After operating for more than 60 hours over the past two weeks, K10 completed its last "robotic recon" traverse today. The last traverse (plan number 64D) was a 800 m westward drive through brush covered terrain with eight microscopic terrain image captures and three GigaPan panoramas. Just as K10 reached the end of this drive, a fierce wind, dust and lightning storm suddenly appeared. The field team barely had time to cover K10 before having to run and seek shelter, leaving K10 to brave the storm by itself! I guess this was Mother Nature's way of giving K10 a big send-off...