Tag Archives: Remote Micro-Imager

Curiosity: Drill tailings and Phyllosilicate Trough outcrops

Posted on March 5, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 1981, March 3, 2018. Curiosity aimed the ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager into the Phyllosilicate Trough to document outcrops that may become future targets. At right, a Hazcam image from Sol 1983 (March 5) showing the drill tailing piles from Lake … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Bloodstone Hill

Posted on February 5, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 1955, February 4, 2018. Curiosity’s Remote Micro-Imager shot five frames to profile the feature dubbed Bloodstone Hill. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 1955 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

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Curiosity: Remote Micro-Imager profiles an outcrop

Posted on January 31, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 1950, January 30, 2018. The rover’s Remote Micro-Imager turns its aim at a long outcrop that displays finely bedded layering and many roughly vertical fracture lines. Click image to enlarge it. Sol 1950 raw images (from all cameras), and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Profiling an finely layered outcrop

Posted on November 30, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 1890, November 30, 2017. Rover scientists commanded the Remote Micro-Imager’s long-range eye to take a 10-frame profile along the edge of a finely layered outcrop, possibly an alluvial fan-like deposit. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 1890 raw … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Taking a long view at layers in Mt. Sharp

Posted on November 28, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 1888, November 27, 2017. The Remote Micro-Imager has taken a 10-frame scan of the layering visible in part of Mt. Sharp.  Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 1888 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

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Curiosity: RMI scouts an outcrop

Posted on November 7, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 1868, November 7, 2017. Ten frames taken by the Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) profile an outcrop on Vera Rubin Ridge. Note that the rocks show both thin layers and larger-scale ones. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 1868 raw … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Shooting and driving

Posted on August 25, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 1795-96, August 24-25, 2017. On Sol 1795, Curiosity used the Remote-Micro-Imager to shoot a 10-frame profile of the thin sedimentary layers on top of Vera Rubin Ridge before the rover drove some 26 meters (85 feet) toward the southeast. … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Lots of layers in Vera Rubin Ridge

Posted on July 5, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 1745, July 4, 2017: Two 10-frame mosaics with the Remote Micro-Imager show the fine layering and details of two sections of Vera Rubin Ridge. Click either image to enlarge it. Sol 1745 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: RMI scopes out part of the ridge

Posted on June 23, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 1734, June 22, 2017. To make a mosaic that measures 10 frames wide by two high, the Curiosity’s Remote Micro-Imager shot 20 frames profiling one part of Vera Rubin Ridge. The mission control directed the rover to drive 16 … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Cracked rock

Posted on December 21, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1555, December 20, 2016. The Remote Micro-Imager  took aim at a rock target showing a tile-like pattern of cracks that appear to be partly filled with minerals, likely deposited by water. The right side of the four-frame composite shows … Continue reading →

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