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Weather at Gale Crater
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MARCI weather report, Jan 28-Feb 3, 2019
Conditions across Mars were similar to that of the previous week. Dust hazes remained present over many southern hemisphere regions. Looking to the northern hemisphere, a couple of dust storms associated with the north polar hood were observed north of … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, 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 at Gale Crater
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MARCI weather report, January 21-27, 2019
Elevated levels of atmospheric dust, remnants of a recently abated southern hemisphere regional storm, lingered over most of Mars this past week. At high southern latitudes, the perennial south polar ice cap had reached its minimum summer configuration. While in … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, 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 at Gale Crater
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Opportunity: Over 600 recovery commands have been sent
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, January 25, 2019: Mars atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site is uncertain due to recent storm activity. No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018) during the historic … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Weather at Gale Crater
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Weather at Gale Crater
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Curiosity update: Dust to dust
Sol 2292, January 17, 2019, update by MSL scientists Brittney Cooper and Claire Newman: Today was our last day at “Rock Hall,” so it was our final chance to get every last bit of science at this location. We had … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, dust, dust storms, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rock Hall, St Cyrus, St Cyrus 2, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Opportunity: Dust storm activity appears to pick up south of rover
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, January 17, 2019: Dust storm activity appears to have picked up again, with a regional storm tracking south about 124 miles (200 kilometers) to the west of Opportunity. The storm is expected to increase … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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