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Curiosity: Mt. Shields outcrop by Mastcam

Posted on April 30, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 969, April 28, 2015. This 18-frame Mastcam-100 composite shows an outcrop at the foot of Mt. Shields with a great many thin beds of sedimentary rock. See an earlier USGS Curiosity update here, where the plan to investigate the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Approaching outcrop’

Posted on April 30, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 971-972, April 29, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: This morning the MSL science team used all of the available data to decide whether to approach one of the nearby outcrops or drive away.  Ultimately we decided to … Continue reading →

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