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Tag Archives: Crakaig
Curiosity update: A many-layered plan
Sols 2427-28, June 5, 2019, update by MSL scientist Claire Newman: The main focus of today’s plan was observations of the interbedded thick and thin layers we found at Woodland Bay before we drive away again, perhaps as early as … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, atmosphere, Avon, CBU, clay-bearing unit, clouds, Crakaig, Curiosity, Deeside, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Lochgilphead, Mars Science Laboratory, Mons Graupius, Morningside, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Olrig, Tobermory, West Side, Woodland Bay
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Curiosity update: Familiar rocks at our feet
Sols 2422-23, June 3, 2019, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 2420 Curiosity drove ~61 m back to the “Woodland Bay” target, to analyze some interesting thick and thin laminations within the bedrock that we had observed previously, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Crakaig, Curiosity, Esk, Fladen, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Woodland Bay
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