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Tag Archives: Zabriskie Plateau
Curiosity: Sol 696, July 22, 2014
The rover’s hand-lens imager (MAHLI) captures a rock with a striated surface and material filling a fracture. Sol 696 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location map.
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Curiosity: Sol 696, July 22, 2014
Rough driving ahead, as the rover rolls toward Hidden Valley (dark area at top center), its route down off the caprock of Zabriskie Plateau (two-frame Navcam composite). NASA description (left image): This image was taken by Navcam: Left B (NAV_LEFT_B) … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: ‘Using every instrument’
Sol 696, July 21, 2014, update on Curiosity from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: “We’re slowly picking our way across the rugged cap-rock of Zabriskie Plateau. Over the weekend we drove 23.4 m while also managing to use every single…” [More … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Sol 695, July 21, 2014
The dark patch at top center is a field of dark sand dunes viewed through Hidden Valley, which will be Curiosity’s pathway down off the Zabriskie Plateau as it heads for distant Mount Sharp (two-frame Navcam composite). The light area … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Sol 694, July 20, 2014
Sharp, wind-scoured basalt rocks lie thick on Zabriskie Plateau, which Curiosity is crossing (wide-angle Mastcam image). NASA description: This image was taken by Mastcam: Left (MAST_LEFT) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 694 (2014-07-20 03:26:39 UTC). Sol 694 raw images … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: ‘Science block’
Sol 685, July 10, 2014, update on Curiosity from MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: “Today we are planning Sol 685, which includes a short pre-drive science block, 2.5 hours of driving, and some post-drive imaging for targeting. The pre-drive….” [More at … Continue reading
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