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Tag Archives: Bagnold Dunes
Curiosity update: Monitoring dynamic modern Mars
Sol 2233-35, November 16, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: It’s the windy season on Mars, and Curiosity’s activities this weekend include taking oodles of images at different times throughout the day to catch how the wind moves sand … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Blair Atholl, Curiosity, Dun Carloway, Echt, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rhinns of Islay, Sand Loch, St. Abbs Head, Vera Rubin Ridge, Windyedge
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Curiosity update: Recapping the Bagnold Dune investigation
[Ed note: Post by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, University of New Brunswick] As Curiosity continues on her journey up Mount Sharp (the mound in the centre of Gale crater), rocks we encounter contain evidence for changing environmental conditions. The fine-grained … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Stimson Formation, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Bagnold Dunes sand movement observed by Curiosity
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Mariah Baker and nine co-authors recently published in Geophysical Research Letters.] The Bagnold Dunes in Southern Summer: Active Sediment Transport on Mars Observed by the Curiosity Rover • Curiosity’s imaging campaigns in the Bagnold … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, Bagnold Dunes, Cape Elizabeth, Curiosity, Dorr Mountain, Gale Crater, Mapleton, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, Precipice, sand, sand dunes, Sandy Point Beach, Southern Cove
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Curiosity update: ‘Tis the season to be dusty
Sol 2067, May 30, 2018, update by MSL scientist Claire Newman: The previous plan included some tests of the sample delivery system, including delivery of a single portion to the closed cover of the SAM inlet. The imaging showed a … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Duluth, dust devils, Gale Crater, Gary, Grand Marais, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Noodle Lake, Red Cliff, Sawtooth Bluff, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: At Taconite Crater
Sol 2032, April 25, 2018. This composite of eight Navcam frames looks toward the north and shows, at right center, sand-filled Taconite Crater, a small impact scar. In the distance below the ridge lie the flat-topped Murray Buttes and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Taconite Crater, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Running the ridge top, looking far
Sol 1986, March 8, 2018. This day saw a 46-meter (150-foot) drive by Curiosity, again in the northeast direction along the top of Vera Rubin Ridge. The composite view above shows the end-of-drive position looking ahead in the same direction. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Vista by Curiosity looks back over journey so far
A panoramic image that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took from a mountainside ridge provides a sweeping vista of key sites visited since the rover’s 2012 landing, and the towering surroundings. The view from “Vera Rubin Ridge” on the north flank … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Bradbury Landing, Cooperstown, Curiosity, Darwin, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, Yellowknife Bay
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Curiosity update: How far we’ve come
Sol 1848-49, October 17, 2017, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Today felt like any other planning day: a straightforward plan involving remote sensing, a drive, post-drive imaging, and some untargeted observations on the second sol. Just a typical day … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Boomplaas, Buck Reef, Curiosity, Eccles, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Buttes, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Quite a diffracting weekend!
Sol 1831, September 30, 2017, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: The science team has been waiting quite a long time for this moment. Back in late March, nearly 180 Mars-days ago and when Curiosity was investigating the last stretches … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Black Reef, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Katberg, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Normandien, Ogunquit Beach, Vera Rubin Ridge
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