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21 January 2018
Sols 1940-1942: Studying a bedrock transition
The Sol 1939 drive went well, placing Curiosity next to the bright/dark transition seen at the right side of this image.
18 January 2018
Sols 1938-1939: It’s all about the details
At location ‘e’ we have been focused on understanding small-scale features, like the tiny crystals and veins seen in the above ChemCam RMI image.
16 January 2018
Sol 1937: Taking a closer look…
Today we’re continuing our science activities at the Vera Rubin Ridge (VRR) location ‘e.’ It certainly seems that ‘e’ should stand for ‘exciting,’ as we’ve collected quite a rich set of observations at this location…
15 January 2018
Sols 1934-1936: Science at Location "e" of the Vera Rubin Ridge Campaign
What’s in a name? From its rather innocuous sounding informal site name, you might not guess that location ‘e’ would generate such excitement in the science team.
10 January 2018
Sol 1931-1933: Image Overload!
During the first day of this plan, Curiosity will focus on acquiring an incredible amount of high-resolution Mast Camera color images of the area immediately in front of the rover, the ‘mid-range’ region a few meters in front of the rover, and the entirety of Mt. Sharp.
8 January 2018
Sol 1929-30: Aiming for pay dirt
For the last several weeks, Curiosity has been hopping between areas of blue-ish toned rocks on the Vera Rubin Ridge and the results from these locations continue to become more compelling.
7 January 2018
Sols 1927-1928: Layers of fun!
Today’s image is a color version of part of the workspace image from the Sol 1925-1926 blog, which shows in greater detail the numerous layers and color variations that kept us at this spot for another round of science observations.
4 January 2018
Sols 1925-1926: Off to the races
Curiosity’s hard work over the holiday break paid off, giving the science team a rich collection of new data to assess and a new workspace to explore.
3 January 2018
Sols 1913-1924: Curiosity’s Working Holiday
There’s no real rest for the rover. We planned sols 1921-1924 on December 22 and 29.
20 December 2017
Sols 1911-1912: Filling Up on Pre-Holiday Data Treats
This morning Curiosity found herself back on familiar ground, near the targets ‘Lismore’ and ‘Leadhills’ that we imaged back on sol 1905.
