Tag Archives: Kopong

Curiosity: MAHLI looks at Kopong outcrop

Posted on September 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1474, September 28, 2016. The Mars Hand-Lens Imager (MAHLI) has made a multi- frame composite (big: 5.9 MB) that sweeps down across the Kopong outcrop. (The area shown lies at the left end of the outcrop as imaged here, … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Cross-bedded Kopong outcrop

Posted on September 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1473, September 27, 2016. The Mastcam (with its 34mm wide-angle lens) took a six-frame composite (5.2 MB) of the cross-bedded outcrop Kopong, mentioned in the USGS Curiosity update below, and its immediate surroundings. Note the light-tone veins running all … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Murray cross-bedding

Posted on September 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1474, September 27, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The 16-meter drive on Sol 1473 completed perfectly, placing the rover in position for contact science on an outcrop of cross-bedded Murray bedrock.  The primary goal for Sol 1474 … Continue reading →

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