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Tag Archives: Harlaw Rise
Curiosity update: Rolling southward!
Sols 2468-69, July 16, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: Curiosity finished up our investigation at Harlaw Rise on the weekend, and commenced our drive to an area we are (informally) calling the “Southern Outcrop,” another of the ridge … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Harlaw Rise, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Paible, Sandside Harbour, Southern Outcrop
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Curiosity update: Finishing up at Harlaw Rise
Sols 2465-67, July 12, 2019, update by MSL scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The Sol 2463 drive went as planned, leaving the rover in position to examine what appears to be a small dome in the sedimentary rocks (visible on the left … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Aitken Pit, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Ecclefechan, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Harlaw Rise, Hatton, Kirbuster, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: What would we do without MAHLI?
Sols 2461-62, July 8, 2019, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: MAHLI was busy over the weekend. The data from Mars returned a trove of close-up images from the outcrop near the top of “Harlaw Rise,” including the one shown … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Feshie, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Harlaw Rise, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Shapinsay, Sligachan, Strathdon, wheel wear
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Curiosity update: Exploring Harlaw Rise
Sol 2454, July 1, 2019, update by MSL scientist Melissa Rice: Curiosity is currently near the top of Harlaw Rise, having made a slight diversion from the southward drive through the clay-bearing unit to explore the nice exposures of rocks … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberdeen, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Harlaw Rise, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Perth
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Curiosity update: Climbing higher
Sols 2451-53, June 28, 2019, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: Curiosity has been a bit down lately — in elevation. After exploring the top of Vera Rubin Ridge (VRR) last year, the rover descended into a trough south of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Buckie, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Earn, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Greenheugh Pediment, Harlaw, Harlaw Rise, Magnus Bay, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, North Sea, Red Point, Roineva, Sulfate Unit, Tayside, Vera Rubin Ridge
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