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Tag Archives: Bagnold Dunes
Curiosity: Distant layers, edge of a hill
Sol 1625, March 2, 2017. The Remote Micro-Imager shot a 10-frame profile of distant layers and one edge of a butte. The direction lies southward from Curiosity’s current position at Bagnold Dunes stop #2. Click image (3 MB) to enlarge … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: Change detection & additional remote sensing
Sol 1625-26, March 1, 2017, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: We’re still at the second stop of the Bagnold Dune campaign, running a few more MAHLI diagnostics and focusing on targeted remote sensing. I was the GSTL today and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Allagash, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hersey, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: MAHLI diagnostics and remote sensing
Sol 1623-24, February 27, 2017, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Today’s two-sol plan is devoted to MAHLI diagnostics and remote sensing. It’s another late slide sol, so planning started three and half hours later than usual. The plan kicks … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Chase Brook, Curiosity, Dunn Brook, Gale Crater, Leighton, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Stimson Formation, Tomhegan, Waweig
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Mars winds carve mountains, move & raise dust
On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet’s landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales grand to tiny on … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, dunes, dust devils, eolian processes, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, sand ripples, wind
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Curiosity update: A weekend full of remote sensing
Sol 1620-22, February 24, 2017, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 1619, MAHLI experienced a fault and did not finish its planned imaging, so unfortunately the subsequent arm and mobility activities did not execute. That means that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Aziscohos, Bagnold Dunes, Chandler Ridge, Chase Brook, Curiosity, Depot Mountain, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity: Looking around from dune stop #2
Sol 1619, February 24, 2017. The Navcam looks southward toward Mt. Sharp across the Bagnold sands (above), while the right front Hazcam details the arm’s placement over the sand surface, with buttes in the background (right). Click either image to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Ireson Hill, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Stimson Formation
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Curiosity update: Wrapping up dune stop #2
Sol 1619, February 24, 2017, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: We are wrapping up our observations at stop #2 of the second Bagnold dunes campaign. In the Sol 1619 plan, we start off with Navcam and Mastcam atmospheric observations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Leighton, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: A second stop at the dunes
Sol 1618, February 22, 2017, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The drive on Sol 1617 went well, and Curiosity drove 20 m to the south, which put us in a good position for another stop at the Bagnold Dunes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Macworth, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Seboomook, Stimson Formation, Tomhegan, Waweig
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Curiosity: Leaving the buttes behind
Sol 1617, February 22, 2017. A three-frame composite by Curiosity’s Navcam shows the buttes (Ireson Hill at right) receding as the rover drives onto the edge of the Bagnold sands. Note the imprints of its wheels at right as they … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Ireson Hill, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Stimson Formation
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Curiosity update: Delayed planning
Sol 1614-16, February 17, 2017, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The Sol 1612 drive went well, and there is a nice bedrock block in the arm workspace. We received a bit more data than expected before planning started, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Aroostook River, Bagnold Dunes, Chain Lakes, Columbia Falls, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Loon Stream, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Spider Lake, Stimson Formation
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