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29th January 2016 Sol 1238
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 29, 2016 Here is MAHLI’s selfie of Curiosity at work on the Hebron part of the Namib dune. Its a mosaic of 57 images.
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9th September 2016 Sol 1455
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 9, 2016 We are heading toward a new drill site at the base of one the the buttes. These are the landforms that dominate the landscape at this point in the traverse – The Murray Buttes.
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4th October 2016 Sol 1480
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 4, 2016 This MAHLI mosaic view of Curiosity and Murray Butte no. 12 is where we have just been drilling Quela – the 14th drillhole on Mars.
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13th December 2016 Sol 1548
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2016 The Precipice drilling campaign has been curtailed because of a drill fault. The MSL rover engineers have been conducting a series of diagnostic tests to determine the cause and to prevent it happening again.
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Monday 10th December Sol 123
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 10, 2012 Here is a Mastcam image of the new terrain we are exploring. You can see layered deposits in the middle distance and a flat eroded surface in the near field.
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1st August 2013 Sol 351
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 1, 2013 We have moved from southern summer into southern autumn (northern spring equinox).
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1st May 2014 Sol 618
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 1, 2014 Here is a MastCam image of drilling in progress. This is the first ‘minidrill’ hole at Windjana. You can see that Red Mars is only a very thin layer on the planet.
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5th August 2014 Sol 710
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2014 We are moving into a new sort of terrain as we enter Hidden Valley. On this HiRISE image and the inset MAHLI image you can see the sand ripples that we are traversing.
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15th August 2014 Sol 720
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 15, 2014 We have retraced our tracks in Hidden Valley, going back to a site called Bonanza_King.
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11th September 2014 Sol 746
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/11/11th-september-2014-sol-746/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 11, 2014 We have now reached the first foothills in the Mt. Sharp part of the mission. This area is called the Pahrump Hills.