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Tag Archives: Botany Bay
Gathering the rocks of Meridiani Planum
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Michael Bouchard and Bradley Joliff recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] A Systematic Method for Classifying and Grouping Late Noachian and Early Hesperian Rock Targets Analyzed by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Botany Bay, Burns Formation, Cape York, Eagle Crater, Endeavour Crater, Endurance Crater, Gagarin, Grasberg Formation, Marathon Valley, Marquette, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Meridiani Planum, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Shoemaker Formation, Solander Point, Victoria Crater
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Endeavour rim rocks slope “wrong” way
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, exploring the eroded rim segments of Endeavour Crater, has found that the uplifted rocks of the crater’s rim have an unexpected structure: they slope downward into the crater. Geologist Larry Crumpler (New Mexico Museum of … Continue reading
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Tagged Botany Bay, complex craters, Endeavour Crater, LPSC 2014, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Santa Fe Crater, Shoemaker Formation, Solander Point
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