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Friday 28th September Sol 52
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/28/friday-28th-september-sol-52-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 28, 2012 A group us have been on a field trip between the San Andreas and San Gabriel faults, about an hour’s drive north of JPL.
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March 20th 2013 Sol 221
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun. This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.
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12th July 2013 Sol 332
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/12/12th-july-2013-sol-332/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 12, 2013 Operations week at Toulouse is coming to an end and is switching back to the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. In Toulouse the opeations centre is housed by the French Space Agency CNES.
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29th October 2015 Sol 1148
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/29/29th-october-2015-sol-1148/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 29, 2015 We have completed another drill so that we now have the Big Sky and Greenhorn drill holes. As the team becomes more experienced we are getting quicker at producing drillholes and so we can get more analyses.
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March 7th 2013 Sol 208
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/07/march-7th-2013-sol-210/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 7, 2013 A natural hazard for all spacecraft, including MSL, is currently at Mars. On March 5th there was a large solar flare or ‘Coronal Mass Ejection’.
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12th May 2015 Sol 983
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/12/12th-may-2015-sol-983/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2015 A stunning image of sunset over the Gale Crater Rim! The sort of long wavelength scattering so characteristic of our Earth’s red sunsets has not occurred. Ehlers et al.
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Professor Corinne Fowler releases new book Our Island Stories: Country Walks through Colonial Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/colonial-countryside
University of Leicester’s Professor Corinne Fowler has released a new book published by Penguin exploring Great Britain’s countryside and its links to colonialism.
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Spanish Pacific – the exhibition and the catalogue
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/18/spanish-pacific-the-exhibition-and-the-catalogue/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on June 18, 2014 During my research trip to Seville in January 2014, and then again in March, I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition Pacífico: España y la aventura de la Mar del Sur ( Pacific : Spain...
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New carbon-monitoring satellite will shed light on photosynthesis thanks to Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/microcarb-carbon-monitoring-satellite-photosynthesis
An algorithm designed by scientists at the University of Leicester and National Centre for Earth Observation, based at Space Park Leicester, will allow the MicroCarb mission to observe solar induced fluorescence (SIF) – a by-product and indicator of plant photosynthesis
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‘Are Your Legs Killing You?’ – Vascular Research Team introduces new public health campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/vascular-research-campaign-health
Vascular researchers at the University of Leicester will be rolling out a new campaign in August 2025 to shine a spotlight on the long-term impact of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).