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Curiosity: Ireson Hill, in Mastcam color

Posted on February 4, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 1598, February 3, 2017. Four hours before driving to a position to take the Ireson Hill image seen here, Curiosity used its Mastcam (with the 100mm lens) to shoot an incomplete color portrait of the hill. The reduced-size composite … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Big Butte

Posted on August 18, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1432, August 16, 2016. The rover’s Mastcam, using its 34mm lens, shot a 21-frame portrait of a nearby Murray Butte. Click the image above to enlarge it, and go here for a full-resolution version (5.3 MB). Sol 1432 raw … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Murray Buttes & Balanced Rock

Posted on July 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1387, July 1, 2016. Before the rover entered safe mode, it took a 20-frame  panorama looking toward the west with the 100mm lens of the Mastcam. The features are the Murray Buttes. The image above (left half of the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Mesas and buttes ahead

Posted on June 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1384, June 28, 2016. Looking toward the south, Curiosity’s Navcam shows a relatively sand-free and rolling surface of cracked rock, with several mesas and buttes in the distance. At left is a small part of Helgas Dune. For the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity may hunt for RSLs on Mt. Sharp

Posted on June 27, 2016 by rburnham

Ever since it was announced that there may be evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars, NASA scientists have wondered how best to further investigate these long, seasonally changing dark streaks in the hope of finding evidence of life — … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Mastcam on the plateau

Posted on March 15, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1281, March 14, 2016. Five Mastcam (34mm lens) shots show the shaly surface of Naukluft Plateau and the inner rim of Gale Crater, looking toward the west. Note the crater seen in the distance at left center — Curiosity … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: View from the plateau

Posted on March 14, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1281, March 14, 2016. After a 44-foot (13 meter) drive, Curiosity stands on top of the Naukluft Plateau, with a wider view than it has had in recent weeks. Click image above to enlarge. Below: Just the frames centering … Continue reading →

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MRO spots Curiosity in Artist’s Drive

Posted on April 22, 2015 by rburnham

A view from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on April 8, 2015, catches sight of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover passing through a valley called “Artist’s Drive” on the lower slope of Mount Sharp. The image from the orbiter’s High Resolution Imaging … Continue reading →

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Mars scars at landing sites fade, usually

Posted on March 27, 2015 by rburnham

A series of observations from Mars orbit show how dark blast zones that were created during the August 2012 landing of NASA’s Curiosity rover have faded inconsistently. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter … Continue reading →

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Mars orbiter spies Curiosity rover at work

Posted on February 4, 2015 by rburnham

A Dec. 13, 2015, image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera orbiting Mars shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover [in blue rectangle] on the rover’s walkabout examination of the “Pahrump Hills” outcrop. The outcrop forms part of the … Continue reading →

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