Curiosity update: ‘Nice view’

Sol 1082-1084, August 21, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: I’m having another very busy day as SOWG Chair, as we are planning lots of activities to keep the rover busy this weekend.  The vehicle is on a local high spot that gives us a spectacular view of the terrain ahead.  But there aren’t many targets in front of the rover that are suitable for contact science, so we selected only one (called “Ravalli”) to investigate using MAHLI and APXS.  We had time for another contact science target, but decided…  [More at link]