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Curiosity: Drill hole at Sebina
Sol 1496, October 21, 2016. Curiosity did its full drill on the target named Sebina, as seen in the cropped Navcam frame above and in the MAHLI shot at right. Note the nodules shown in the MAHLI frame. (Both images … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, nodules, Sebina, Stimson Formation
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Curiosity: MAHLI goes to work on veins, nodules
Sol 1278, March 11, 2016. Parked on a flat exposure of Murray Formation bedrock, with mineral veins and little nodules scattered on the rock, Curiosity put its hand-lens imager (MAHLI) to work. (See here and here for the backstory.) Sol … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, mineral veins, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Naukluft Plateau, nodules, Stimson Formation
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