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25th November 2014 Sol 819
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 25, 2014 We are continuing our detailed traverse around the Pahrump area. I will be Geo ScienceTheme Lead tomorrow and we aim to do more contact science. The MastCam image is of Book Cliffs.
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Wednesday 8th August Sol2
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 8, 2012 The first MastCam images are coming back. Thats another milestone as the 2 m high mast is now in position. Now is the time that we start suggesting experiments.
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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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31st December 2014 Sol 854
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 31, 2014 We are continuing the Pahrump localities looped drive. MSL is not working full time over the holidays but we had a ‘3-sol’ plan on the 29th December. I was the Geo Science Theme Lead for the day.
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8th October 2015 Sol 1128
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2015 This MAHLI image (taken at nighttime and illuminated by LEDs) shows the precision of the ChemCam LIBS shooting at about 2.5 m distance from the ChemCam on the mast.
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13th October 2015 Sol 1133
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/13/13th-october-2015-sol-1133/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 13, 2015 Here is the latest selfie – perhaps the best yet. It is from the Big Sky drill site (you can see the Big Sky drill hole and the drill tailings) in the lower left.
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5th April 2016 Sol 1303
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 5, 2016 We have just started an MSL team meeting at Caltech in Pasadena, California. We are welcoming new team members and discussing our findings since the last team meeting in Paris.
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Saturday 18th August Sol 13
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 19, 2012 In order to keep track of time, both on Earth and Mars, a few people on the MSL team wear 2 watches. That is a clear sign that someone at JPL is working on the MSL mission.
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Tuesday 25th September Sol 49
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 25, 2012 We are now getting a combination of the high resolution MAHLI images, APXS and ChemCam compositional data and the other camera images.
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Friday 12th October Sol 66
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 13, 2012 While we work at Rocknest with scooping, imaging and analyses, we take the chance to look down into Glenelg.