Tag Archives: Sutton Island

Curiosity: Mastcam on Murray Formation bedrock

Posted on November 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1526, November 21, 2016. Curiosity’s 34mm (wide-angle) Mastcam shot a six-frame portrait of the bedrock and sand lying beside the rover. The rock in the center is Precipice. Mission scientists did this to document the rock veins and sedimentary … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Contact science at Sutton Island and approaching the next drill site

Posted on November 18, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1525-27, November 18, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The MAHLI images from Sol 1523 are down, and we acquired some beautiful images of this new outcrop, as seen in the above image of the target “Seawall.”  Today’s … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sutton Island

Posted on November 17, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1521, November 16, 2016. Curiosity turned its Mastcam (34 mm lens) on Sutton Island. Note the thin, blade-like structures and the light-roned veins running through the rock. Click to enlarge (2.4 MB). Sol 1521 raw images (from all cameras), … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Investigating Sutton Island

Posted on November 17, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1523-24, November 16, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 1521 Curiosity drove 11 m to the east, which set us up to investigate a darker-toned outcrop known as “Sutton Island,” seen in the middle of the … Continue reading →

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