Tag Archives: Logan’s Run

Curiosity: Closeup on Mt. Shields layers

Posted on May 4, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 974, May 3, 2015. The MAHLI camera shot an overlapping series of closeup images on the Mt. Shields outcrop. Thinly layered resistant beds alternate with more easily eroded ones in a pattern suggesting repetitive deposition. Some cross-bedding is also … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Albert, Bigfork, & Charity’

Posted on May 2, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 973-975, May 1, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL is in a good position for contact science observations on an interesting outcrop of sedimentary rock, so the rover will be busy this weekend!  We had to change … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Mt. Shields outcrop by Mastcam

Posted on April 30, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 969, April 28, 2015. This 18-frame Mastcam-100 composite shows an outcrop at the foot of Mt. Shields with a great many thin beds of sedimentary rock. See an earlier USGS Curiosity update here, where the plan to investigate the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Studying Mt. Shields’

Posted on April 27, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 969-970, April 27, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our drive on sol 967 covered almost 90 meters, putting us in front of some interesting stratigraphy at “Mt. Shields”, an outcrop along our drive down “Logan’s Run”. In … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Logan’s Run? Or just a short dash…’

Posted on April 23, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 964-965, April 22, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Although we had planned a drive of up to 48 m towards “Logan’s Run” on Sol 963, the drive ended early after only 17 m due to the detection … Continue reading →

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