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Tag Archives: Woodland Bay
Curiosity update: Curiosity’s potassium ‘Special K’ campaign
Sol 2414, May 21, 2019, update by MSL engineer Ashley Stroupe: Curiosity is investigating an area that is very high in potassium, and we’re trying to characterize the distribution and the source of that potassium. Yesterday we did a short … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Annbank, Balintore, Brimmond, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Grampian Mountains, Hallaig, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Woodland Bay
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Curiosity update: Hopping from outcrop to outcrop
Sols 2359-60, March 25, 2019, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: At the start of Sol 2359, Curiosity found herself parked in front of some layered bedrock outcrops (see above image), a rarity in the rubbly landscapes that we’ve explored … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Goosander, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rutherglen, Woodland Bay
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