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Tag Archives: Logan’s Run
Curiosity: Closeup on Mt. Shields layers
Sol 974, May 3, 2015. The MAHLI camera shot an overlapping series of closeup images on the Mt. Shields outcrop. Thinly layered resistant beds alternate with more easily eroded ones in a pattern suggesting repetitive deposition. Some cross-bedding is also … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, cross-bedding, Curiosity, Gale Crater, layers, Logan's Run, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Mt. Shields, NASA, sedimentary debris, sediments
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Curiosity update: ‘Albert, Bigfork, & Charity’
Sol 973-975, May 1, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL is in a good position for contact science observations on an interesting outcrop of sedimentary rock, so the rover will be busy this weekend! We had to change … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Albert, Bigfork, Charity, Curiosity, Empire, Gale Crater, Logan Pass, Logan's Run, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity: Mt. Shields outcrop by Mastcam
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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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Helena, Logan's Run, Lolo, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Mt. Shields, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Studying Mt. Shields’
Sol 969-970, April 27, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our drive on sol 967 covered almost 90 meters, putting us in front of some interesting stratigraphy at “Mt. Shields”, an outcrop along our drive down “Logan’s Run”. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Fern, Flathead, Gale Crater, Ginsight, High Park, Logan's Run, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Mt. Shields, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Logan’s Run? Or just a short dash…’
Sol 964-965, April 22, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Although we had planned a drive of up to 48 m towards “Logan’s Run” on Sol 963, the drive ended early after only 17 m due to the detection … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Blackrock, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Logan's Run, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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