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Monthly Archives: June 2017
Diverse environments seen in Curiosity samples
NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp on Mars, suggesting that conditions changed in the water environments on the planet … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hills, Book Cliffs, Chinle, Confidence Hills, Mojave2, Pink Cliffs, Salsberry Peak, Shoemaker, Telegraph Peak, Whale Rock
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HiRISE: Sandlot
Sandlot. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, ejecta, Gasa Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, sand, University of Arizona
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Curiosity: More rocks, less sand
Sol 1721, June 9, 2017. As Curiosity approaches Vera Rubin Ridge, the ground is slowly changing. Rocks are becoming widespread and they mostly lie flat. The gaps between the rocks now show lines of smaller rocks, pebbles, and gravel where … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Opportunity: Walkabout Pancam imaging
Sol 4754, June 8, 2017. As Opportunity continues its “walkabout” survey at the head of Perseverance Valley, the rover used the Pancam to image the soil dug up by a wheel turn (right) at a target site dubbed Laramie. Above … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Laramie, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Curiosity update: An easier planning day
Sol 1721, June 8, 2017, update by MSL scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove 26 meters on Sol 1720, as planned, to a location with blocks of bedrock in the arm workspace. Because the rover climbed another 3 meters in elevation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arey Cove, Curiosity, Fawn Pond, Gale Crater, Kief Pond, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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THEMIS: South polar ice features
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 9, 2017. Today’s VIS image shows more of the south polar cap at the end of southern summer. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, CO2 frost, frost, Mars Odyssey, NASA, south polar ice cap, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HRSC: Window to a watery past
This 70 km-wide crater and its surrounds offer a window into the watery past of the Red Planet. The scene, captured by ESA’s Mars Express, is a composite of two images taken in March 2007 and February 2017. It focuses … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, chaotic terrain, DLR, Erythraeum Chaos, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Margaritifer Terra, Mars Express, MEX, Noachis Terra, valley networks
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Curiosity update: Rough road ahead
Sol 1720, June 8, 2017, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: I was the Surface Properties Scientist, or SPS on staff today. The SPS has an interesting job, in that the SPS helps Rover Planners (called RPs) assess the terrain … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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HiRISE: Small, fresh, and martian
Small, fresh, and martian – By “fresh,” (and sometimes “recent”), we are talking in geological terms only. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, binary craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Memnonia Fossae, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: South polar textures as local summer ends
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 8, 2017. This VIS image of the south pole was taken at the end of summer. Frost will soon start to form as the season transitions into fall. Fall in the southern hemisphere means … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, CO2 frost, CO2 ice, frost, Mars Odyssey, NASA, south polar ice cap, south polar residual cap, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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