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Tag Archives: calcium sulfates
Curiosity: Peering into Aberlady drill hole
Sol 2378, April 15, 2019. The rover’s Mars Hand-Lens Imager (MAHLI) peered into the Aberlady drill hole and saw tailings inside and out. In addition, it recorded the light-toned layer partway down the hole. Its composition — gypsum? — and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, calcium sulfates, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, gypsum, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity: Aberlady drill hole
Sol 2374, April 11, 2019. The Remote Micro-Imager on Curiosity took a look into the Aberlady drill hole, recording numerous ChemCam laser zap spots. Also visible is a thin light-toned layer that may be calcium sulfate (gypsum). Click the image … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, calcium sulfates, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, gypsum, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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History of Mars’ water, seen through the lens of Gale Crater
The surface of Mars today is cold, dry, and inhospitable to life. But was it always so? Past research indicates that the Red Planet may have been a very different world more than 3 billion years ago, with warmer weather, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, calcium sulfates, climate change, climate cycles, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, water
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Gale Crater’s rock-ingredient stew seen as plus for habitability
Editor’s note: Press conference video here. NASA’s Curiosity rover is climbing a layered Martian mountain and finding evidence of how ancient lakes and wet underground environments changed, billions of years ago, creating more diverse chemical environments that affected their favorability … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, boron, calcium sulfates, clay minerals, Curiosity, Gale Crater, hematite, Mars Science Laboratory, mineral veins, Mount Sharp, MSL, mudstones, Murray Formation, NASA, Stimson Formation
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Curiosity: Garden City
Sol 926, March 15, 2015. The target dubbed Garden City shows mineral “blades” rising above the cracks in the bedrock, in this multi-Navcam composite. (Click the image to open a larger version in a new tab.) In other locations in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, calcium sulfates, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Garden City, Mars Science Laboratory, mineral veins, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pahrump Hills
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