Tag Archives: Kimberley

Curiosity at Mount Remarkable

Posted on April 17, 2014 by rburnham

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to record this scene of a butte called “Mount Remarkable” and surrounding outcrops at a waypoint called “the Kimberley” inside Gale Crater. The butte stands about 16 feet (5 meters) high. … Continue reading →

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HiRISE/Curiosity: Ready to drill for gold at the Kimberley

Posted on April 16, 2014 by rburnham

Black gold, that is: organic material, which could be a biomarker (sign of past life), the holy grail of Mars exploration. Last December at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, MSL Project Scientist John Grotzinger … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: “Mount Remarkable”

Posted on April 16, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 602, April 16, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “I’m attending a 3-day meeting of the full MSL science team, so I’m less focused on rover operations than usual this week. After lots of…” … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 601, April 15, 2014

Posted on April 16, 2014 by rburnham

Looking due north, the rover’s Navcam imaged Mount Joseph (right) and part of Mount Christine (left), the two mounds at the north end of the Kimberley outcrop. Behind them in the hazy distance lies the north rim of Gale Crater. … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: “Closest approach”

Posted on April 16, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 601, April 15, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “On April 14th, Mars made its closest approach to Earth this year. In addition, by chance, Earth’s moon is totally eclipsed on the same.…” [More … Continue reading →

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Curiosity, Sol 601, April 15, 2014

Posted on April 15, 2014 by rburnham

(3 of 3) And what the MAHLI saw. NASA description: NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), located on the turret at the end of the rover’s robotic arm, on April 15, 2014, … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 601, April 15, 2014

Posted on April 15, 2014 by rburnham

(2 of 3) And what the (right-side) Navcam saw. Note the small rocks, center right, pushed down into the soft ground by the rover’s wheels. NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 601, April 15, 2014

Posted on April 15, 2014 by rburnham

(1 of 3) The instrument arm moves in to study a piece of “pavement” at the Kimberley outcrop. The hill in the left background is Mount Remarkable; the local time was 2:30 p.m. NASA description: This image was taken by … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 597, April 11, 2014

Posted on April 14, 2014 by rburnham

Curiosity’s close-up camera — the Mars Hand Lens Imager — looks away to image part of Mount Sharp from the Kimberley outcrop. (Image at right has been rotated.) NASA descrption: NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars … Continue reading →

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Curiosity Sol 597, April 11, 2014

Posted on April 14, 2014 by rburnham

The rover does a little nadir-gazing. The MARDI camera, used originally to record the final part of Curiosity’s entry, descent, and landing, is sometimes used to image the ground directly under the rover, often at times of local sunrise or … Continue reading →

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