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• 1st February 2014 Sol 530

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/01/1st-february-2014-sol-530/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 1, 2014 We have encountered a new sort of landscape, our first sand dune, at a locality we call Dingo Gap.  We will soon see a lot more of these in time as we traverse across to Mt. Sharp.

• 4th March 2014 Sol 560

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/04/4th-march-2014-sol-560/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 4, 2014 This striking image is a mosaic of navigation camera images, at Junda outcrop with Mt. Sharp in the background.  Junda is a place in W.

• 1st October 2014 Sol 767

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/10/01/1st-october-2014-sol-767/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 1, 2014 This Left MastCam (‘M34’ because of the focal length) view shows the Pahrump drilled grains just before they are about to be sieved by closing up the scoop and sieve, then turning the whole robotic arm turret.

• 22nd September 2015 Sol 1112

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/09/22/22nd-september-2015-sol-1112/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 22, 2015 I have been Geo Science Theme Lead GSTL for the last two sol plan (sols 1112-1113). One of the main topics we have been discussing is where to drill next.

• Wednesday 9th Jan. 2013 Sol 153

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/14/wednesday-9th-jan-2013-sol-153/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2013 Another first for Curiosity’s instruments. We have deployed the brush (which is a rotating implement on the robotic arm) for the first time.

• February 2nd 2013 Sol 176

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/02/february-2nd-2013-sol-176/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 2, 2013 The rover planners are testing the drill by touching 4 points around the chosen drill site and testing the drill action, but not with the full force that the final drill action will use.

• 1st November 2013 Sol 439

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/01/1st-november-2013-sol-439/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 1, 2013 We have driven right up to the Cooperstown outcrop.  The rdige (a few tens of cm high) is composed of a resistant layer of sedimentary rock.

• 4th April 2014 Sol 590

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/04/4th-april-2014-sol-590/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 4, 2014 We have reached Kimberley and its sedimentary rocks.

• 10th April 2014 Sol 596

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/10/10th-april-2014-sol-596/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 10, 2014 Here is a NavCam image of the Kimberley, with Mount Remarkable the small hill (less than 5 m high) which we are pointing towards.

• 8th May 2014 Sol 624

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/08/8th-may-2014-sol-624/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 8, 2014 We have succesfully drilled Windjana and transferred the material to the CHIMRA system for CheMin analyses.  Now we will be able to anslyes the tailings by ChemCam and APXS.