After three months of radio silence, NASAs Opportunity rover has emerged from a massive Martian dust storm, still silent but at least now visible.

The resilient rover has been photographed by NASAs Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) on the Red Planets Perseverance Valley where a global storm cut off its solar power, putting it in hibernation mode. NASA has consequently not received a single signal from it since June 10, despite increasing daily attempts to communicate, the space agency said on Tuesday .

A key unknown is how much dust has fallen on the solar arrays, NASA said in a release posted on the website for the University of Arizona in Tucson, which operates MROs HiRISE camera. As the dusty sky continues to clear, the frequent commanding will continue and imaging will be repeated.