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Tag Archives: Dingo Gap
‘Fire rings’ imply subsurface evaporites in Gale
The Curiosity rover has imaged a number of roughly circular features with thick walls along its traverse in Gale Crater. These features may indicate the existence of evaporite beds below the surface sediments, reports (PDF) Roger Wiens (Los Alamos National … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Dingo Gap, evaporites, fire rings, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Moonlight Valley, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, sediment pipes, Tappers
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Curiosity panorama: West of Dingo Gap
This scene looking back at where Curiosity crossed a dune at “Dingo Gap” combines several exposures taken by the Navigation Camera (Navcam) high on the rover’s mast. The panorama is centered toward the east and spans about 225 degrees, from … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Dingo Gap, dunes, Gale Crater, layers, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, sand dunes
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Curiosity looks back: Dingo Gap dune in color
This look back at a dune that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove across was taken by the rover’s Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the 538th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (Feb. 9, 2014). The rover had driven … Continue reading
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Curiosity’s winding road ahead
This map shows the route driven and route planned for NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover from before reaching “Dingo Gap”— in upper right — to the mission’s next science waypoint, “Kimberley” (formerly referred to as “KMS-9″) — in lower left. The … Continue reading
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HiRISE image: Viewing Dingo Gap
In this image, we see the saddle between two valleys named Dingo Gap — in Gale Crater — where the rover Curiosity just traversed. The gap is spanned by a single dune visible both from the ground and from orbit. … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Dingo Gap, dunes, Gale Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, MRO, MSL, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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Curiosity animation: Dingo Gap dune in the rearview mirror
The series of nine images making up this animation were taken by the rear Hazard-Avoidance Camera (rear Hazcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as the rover drove over a dune spanning “Dingo Gap” on Mars. The Hazcam, mounted low on … Continue reading
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Curiosity raw image: Sol 539, February 10, 2014
Leaving Dingo Gap dune behind (note tracks down the face of the dune, right rear). This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 539 (2014-02-10 23:04:47 UTC). More Sol 539 images (all cameras).
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Curiosity raw image: Sol 534, February 5, 2014
Looking ahead westward from the top of the dune in Dingo Gap: This image was taken by Front Hazcam: Right B (FHAZ_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 534 (2014-02-05 18:42:24 UTC). More Curiosity raw images (all cameras, all sols).
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Curiosity raw image: sol 533, February 4, 2014
Wheel tracks on the big dune in Dingo Gap. This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 533 (2014-02-04 18:24:20 UTC). More Sol 533 images (all cameras).
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Curiosity panorama: the valley beyond Dingo Gap
This view combines several frames taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, looking into a valley to the west from the eastern side of a dune at the eastern end of the valley. The team operating … Continue reading
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