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Tag Archives: Precipice
Curiosity update: Fifteen kilometers!
Sol 1528-30, November 18, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our weekend plan went as expected, including a ~16 meter drive which brings us to our next drill target: “Precipice”. That drive also brings our total drive distance from … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Big Heath, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hulls Cove, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Precipice, The Anvils, The Ovens, Thomas Bay
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Curiosity: Mastcam on Murray Formation bedrock
Sol 1526, November 21, 2016. Curiosity’s 34mm (wide-angle) Mastcam shot a six-frame portrait of the bedrock and sand lying beside the rover. The rock in the center is Precipice. Mission scientists did this to document the rock veins and sedimentary … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Precipice, Stimson Formation, Sutton Island
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