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14th October 2013 Sol 424
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 14, 2013 The noon to pre-dawn temperature variation at Gale Crater can be up to 90 degrees centigrade. This MastCam image shows the effects of this extreme temperature variation.
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15th June 2015 Sol 1015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/06/15/15th-june-2015-sol-1015/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 15, 2015 Planetary conjunction – with no MSL operations – is an ideal time for a team meeting.
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20th May 2013 Sol 280
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 20, 2013 Here is a MAHLI image of our second drill hole at Cumberland. Like the first drill hole it shows the difference between the reddish uppermost surface of Mars and what lies underneath.
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16th August 2016 Sol 1432
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/08/16/16th-august-2016-sol-1432/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 16, 2016 The Veins of Mars The Veins of Mars Dr Samuel Illingworth of Manchester Metropolitan University has written a poem about the sulphate veins on Mars that we have just published about in Meteoritics and...
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Phil Duke
https://le.ac.uk/people/phil-duke
The academic profile of Dr Phil Duke, Associate Professor at University of Leicester
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Saturday 22nd September Sol 46
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/22/saturday-22nd-september-sol-46/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 22, 2012 Mankind versus Machine #1 We have taken a break to watch the JPL flypast of the Shuttle Endeavour as it is brought on the back of a Boeing 747 to Los Angeles.
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19th January 2014 Sol 517
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/19/19th-january-2014-sol-517/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 19, 2014 On Earth rocks that are as ancient as those we are studying on Mars have been destroyed by the tectonic recycling process or heavily metamorphosed.
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1st October 2015 Sol 1121
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/01/1st-october-2015-sol-1121/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 1, 2015 Our latest drillhole has gone successfully, at Big Sky.
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18th July 2013 Sol 337
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/18/18th-july-2013-sol-337/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 18, 2013 We are getting into the new routine of driving e.g. 30 or 40 m per day together with science observations, in particular from the mast instruments.
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30th May 2015 Sol 1000
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/30/30th-may-2015-sol-1000/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 30, 2015 An MSL landmark day. We have reached 1000 sols on Mars.