HiRISE: Faulted layered deposits

tumblr_n92sx2lrkD1rlz4gso2_1280Faulted layered deposits in west Candor Chasma. Beautiful Mars series.

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Opportunity: Sol 3735, July 27, 2014

3735-cape-trib3The Pancam looks ahead at the lower slopes of Cape Tribulation, in a three-frame composite using noisy images. (Pancam was shooting through its left-side filter #7, which favors blue wavelengths, hence the reddish ground appears dark.)

Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3735 Pancam images is here.)

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Curiosity: Sol 701, July 27, 2014

FLB_459716803EDR_F0391552FHAZ00323M_Rolling toward Ouch! Small but sharp and pointed rocks lie in Curiosity’s path as it heads across Zabriskie Plateau’s caprock toward Hidden Valley and easier driving on sand.

NASA description: This image was taken by Front Hazcam: Left B (FHAZ_LEFT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 701 (2014-07-27 07:18:38 UTC).

Sol 701 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location map.

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THEMIS: Colles

Colles near Phlegra Dorsa (THEMIS_IOTD_20140728)THEMIS Image of the Day, July 28, 2014. The term “colles” means hills. The hills in this VIS image are located on the northern plains near Phlegra Dorsa.

More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.

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Opportunity: Sol 3734, July 26, 2014

1F459676776EFFCF__P1110R0M1Checking out the bedrock pavement, via Hazcam and Microscopic Imager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3734 Hazcam images is here, Microscopic Imager here.)

 

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HiRISE: Out and about in a Nili Fossae crater

tumblr_n92seh03uw1rlz4gso1_1280Out and about in a crater in northern Nili Fossae. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Old lava surface of Kasei Valles

tumblr_n92sn5GjmT1rlz4gso2_1280Old lava surface of Kasei Valles. Beautiful Mars series.

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Curiosity panorama: Sol 696, July 22, 2014

hidden-valley-1200Sand dunes, buttes, Mount Sharp, and Hidden Valley (on right): the wide-angle Mastcam looks ahead.

Sol 696 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location map.

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Opportunity: Sol 3732, July 24, 2014

saddle-pan2Opportunity sat parked on the “bench” formation that butts up against the Endeavour Crater rim segments on their western (Meridiani Planum) side, in a two-frame Navcam composite.

1P459503642ESFCF__P2509L5M1_L2L5L5L7L7The rover also took a close-up look at the fissured bedrock, in a false-color composite image (right) made by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames.

Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3732 Navcam images is here, Pancam here.)

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Curiosity: Sol 696, July 22, 2014

0696MR0029440000402238E01_DXXXMastcam-100 finds a layered rock, deeply etched by windblown sand.

NASA description: This image was taken by Mastcam: Right (MAST_RIGHT) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 696 (2014-07-22 04:04:06 UTC).

Sol 696 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location map.

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