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Tag Archives: dust storms
Weather update from Gale Crater
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Gale Crater, global dust storms, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, weather
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MARCI weather report, July 2-8, 2018
Dusty conditions continued around the red planet this past week, as the planet-encircling dust event was still ongoing. The colossal dust cloud was still prevalent between the south polar ice cap and the north polar hood. Solis-Sinai and on occasion, … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, global dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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Weather update from Gale Crater
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Weather update from Gale Crater
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Curiosity update: Have we reached the peak?
Sols 2104-06, July 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: Our primary goal for today’s planning was to continue to approach our next drill location on the Vera Rubin Ridge by paralleling the north side of the ridge (seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, dust storms, Gale Crater, global dust storms, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, weather
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MARCI weather report, June 25-July 1, 2018
For the past week on Mars, the planet-encircling dust event persisted across all hemispheres. Though, active dust-lifting was not occurring everywhere across the planet, regional lifting centers in Solis-Sinai, Hellas, and Elysium continued to sustain a planet-encircling dust cloud of … Continue reading
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Opportunity report, Sol 5132, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
July 4, 2018: Opportunity Sleeps as Storm Chasers Study Planet-Encircling Dust Cloud: As a monster dust storm grew to encircle the Red Planet in June, Opportunity spent most of the month in the dark, presumably sleeping in a hibernation mode … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, temperature, weather
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NASA Mars Report: July 3, 2018
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Cape Byron, closest approach, Curiosity, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, Gale Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Science Laboratory, MER, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Opportunity, opposition, Perseverance Valley, temperature, Vera Rubin Ridge, weather
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Weather update from Gale Crater
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Return to drilling, sciencing the dust storm
[From Emily Lakdawalla’s blog at The Planetary Society] What a difference a few weeks can make! Suddenly, Curiosity is back to full field site operations, the kind it last enjoyed at the beginning of its traverse south from Murray buttes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, dust storms, Gale Crater, global dust storms, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, weather
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