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Curiosity: Meeteetse lies ahead

Posted on November 2, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 1151, November 1, 2015. Curiosity is aiming its nose toward a low mesa made of bedded layers (mostly probably sandstone) dubbed Meeteetse. This five-frame Navcam composite looks generally southward, with the foothills of Mt. Sharp barely visible in the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Scouting the way ahead

Posted on October 30, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 1148, October 29, 2015. Curiosity is driving toward the southwest, picking its way over the outcrops. At the extreme right, the sand-filled Cut Bank Valley stretches west, while the Meeteetse area lies to the left and ahead of the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: ChemCam investigates Belle Fourche

Posted on October 27, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 1146, October 27, 2015. The ChemCam shot four frames to profile the target Belle Fourche in the Meeteetse area. Click to enlarge. Sol 1146 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location map.

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Curiosity update: ‘View of Meeteetse’

Posted on October 27, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 1146-1147, October 26, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The weekend drive was successful, placing us nicely on an overlook of the “Meeteetse” area. The focus for Sol 1146 is to get some good color stereo images of the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Contact science on bright outcrop’

Posted on September 21, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 1109-1111, September 18, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The plan for the weekend is to do a detailed analysis of the outcrop in front of us and then drive away and do some untargeted observations. Sol 1109 … Continue reading →

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