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Tag Archives: pebbles
Curiosity update: Forecast: it’s pebbly out there
Sol 2435, June 13, 2019, update by MSL scientist Susanne Schwenzer: After yesterday’s soliday for the rover operations team on Earth, we went back to work planning activities for Curiosity to complete on sol 2435 in the Glen Torridon area. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Little Minch, Mars Science Laboratory, Marwick Head, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, pebbles, Strathspey, Teal, Waypoint 4
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Well-rounded pebbles in Gale Crater’s rocks point to longtime stream flow
Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity landed in Gale Crater at a feature called Bradbury Rise, which lies near the far end of the Peace Vallis alluvial fan. The fan is a broad, flat deposit of sand, gravel, and pebbles washed … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, alluvial fans, Bradbury Rise, climate change, conglomerate rocks, Curiosity, fluvial channels, Gale Crater, Goulburn, gravel, Hottah, Link, Mars Pathfinder, Mount Sharp, outcrops, Peace Vallis, pebbles, streambeds, water
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