Tag Archives: Sandside Harbour

Curiosity update: Additional contact science and a soliday at Sandside Harbour

Posted on July 22, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2472-73, July 22, 2019, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Curiosity is still parked in front of an outcrop known as “Sandside Harbour” in order to investigate differences in the lighter and darker outcrop expressions. Contact science in the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Mastcam, near and far

Posted on July 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2468, July 17, 2019. The wide-angle (34mm) Mastcam shot an outcrop next to Curiosity that shows layered sediments on the left and a different texture on the right. Below is a five-frame sequence looking toward a local rise and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Rolling southward!

Posted on July 16, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2468-69, July 16, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: Curiosity finished up our investigation at Harlaw Rise on the weekend, and commenced our drive to an area we are (informally) calling the “Southern Outcrop,” another of the ridge … Continue reading →

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