Curiosity update: ‘Investigating Alexander Hills’

Sol 820-822, November 25, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: “Curiosity is currently investigating the Alexander Hills outcrop.  This Mastcam mosaic from Sol 817 [above] shows some of the interesting rock textures that we’ll study at this location. With Thanksgiving coming up, the operations team is putting together several multi-sol plans so that the team can take a break over the holiday.  That means that today we’ll plan Sols 820-822, and tomorrow we’ll plan Sols 823-825 to take us through the weekend…” [More at link]