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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Opportunity: Sol 3705, June 26, 2014
Preparing to examine an embedded outcrop on the western flank of Murray Ridge; the flat horizon of Meridiani Planum lies in the background. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3705 front … Continue reading
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Tagged Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Meridiani Planum, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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THEMIS: Dark slope streaks
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 27, 2014. Dark slope streaks mark the rim of this unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dark slope streaks, dust, dust avalanches, Mars Odyssey, mass wasting, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Curiosity: Sol 671, June 26, 2014
View looking back to the north-northeast in late afternoon on a day that saw a 115-meter (380-foot) drive, ending in a turnaround to position the rover to drive on in reverse. NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Left … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Long drive’
Sol 671, June 26, 2014, update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ryan Anderson: “After a 107 m drive on sol 670, we are now in Shoshone quad, and just 160 m from the edge of the landing ellipse! … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Opportunity: Sol 3703, June 24, 2014
A two-frame Pancam composite image looks over the summit of Solander Point’s Murray Ridge, which Opportunity has been climbing since August 2013. In the background rises the higher summit of Cape Tribulation, the next rim segment to the south. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, clay minerals, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, smectites, Solander Point
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Curiosity update: ‘Quad hopping’
Sol 670, June 24, 2014, update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ryan Anderson: “After yesterday’s drive of around 39 m, we are just 24 m away from the boundary of the Shoshone quad! The landing site is divided up … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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HiRISE: Lava flows in Syria Planum
Lava flows in Syria Planum. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Syria Planum, University of Arizona, volcanics
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THEMIS: Dust devil tracks
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 26, 2014. Today’s VIS image of the northern plains show hundreds of dust devil tracks. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dust devil tracks, dust devils, Mars Odyssey, NASA, northern lowlands, northern plains, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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MARCI weather report: June 16-22, 2014
Dust-raising activity was frequently observed this week in the mid-to-high latitudes of both hemispheres. In the north, storms occurred over and off of the residual north polar cap in Arcadia, Acidalia, and northern Utopia. In the south, local dust storms … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, dust, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather
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Gale Crater’s icy hydrological cycle
Gale Crater was once home to glaciers and other features of an icy hydrological system, says a team of scientists led by Alberto Fairén (Centro de Astrobiología in Spain and Cornell University). They base their work on images captured with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CTX, Curiosity, Gale Crater, glaciers, groundwater, HiRISE, HRSC, liquid water, Mars Express, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, water
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