At 14:05:42 UTC the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) has taken this unique photo of the Martian soil from a distance of only 9.2 cm and with a definition of 0.0402 mm/pixel, covering an area of 6.33 cm X 4.74 cm.The photo shows us another example of rock very blunted by erosion but with curious cavities definitely not attributable to erosion itself.The aforementioned cavities are… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2442, June 20, 2019
At 10:09:32 UTC the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) took this spectacular photo of a Martian rock from a distance of 25.5 cm and with a definition of 0.0982 mm/pixel.The photo should therefore capture an area of 15.7 cm X 11.7 cm, giving us an idea of how thin the lamellar layers visible in this rock are.Another curious aspect of this photo lies in the… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2441, June 19, 2019
At 20:18:46 UT, the Mars Webcam takes the fourth in a series of 33 photos depicting the Tharsis region, almost seven months after the last photo of the same area.The aforementioned area has been the subject of heated discussion due to the famous “plume” that appeared in mid-September 2018 originating from the Arsia Mons volcano (see MOLA images, above, where the reliefs are color-coded in… Read More »Mars Webcam, June 19, 2019
At 07:20:09 UTC the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) has taken this “curious” photo of the Martian soil from a distance of only 5.9 cm and with a definition of 0.0283 mm/pixel.The photo shows us rocks very blunted by erosion but with curious cavities hardly attributable to the erosion itself.I think (and hope) that the phenomenon at the origin of these cavities should receive some… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2437, June 15, 2019
At 23:57:03 UTC the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) took this photo of the Martian soil from a distance of only 8.3 cm and with a definition of 0.0368 mm/pixel.The photo shows us rocks that are very blunted by erosion but also show signs of layering, as can be seen in the overlapping rhomboidal profiles visible to the right.This photo has been processed to allow… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2432, June 9, 2019
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It really seems that after sunset the formation of water ice clouds is a normal phenomenon, at least at this time of year on Mars.Here’s another example with a color photomosaic reconstructed from a French site. HD image: http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2019/Sol2425_Mastcam34.jpg Original Mastcam photos: https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=2425&camera=MAST_ This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
Interesting questions but somewhat evasive answers as to why InSight’s drill malfunctioned, but still very interesting! Not to be missed!!! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.
This gentleman is Troy Lee Hudson, engineering manager of the HP3 experiment, laid down on the Martian surface by NASA’s Insight mission. Made by the German space agency DLR, HP3 is a kind of planetary thermometer, with a probe designed to self-sink into the Martian sand up to 5 meters, but something went wrong early on. Using a full-size model of HP3, Hudson explains how… Read More »InSight: a plan to move the Martian mole
It’s now been nearly seven years since NASA’s Curiosity rover scampered across the arid Martian moors. In May 2016, the large, self-propelled robot crossed the Naukluft Plateau, one of the most rugged terrains ever faced, a ride depicted – obviously at an accelerated pace – in this animation, created by Irish visual artist Seán Doran based on photos taken by Curiosity itself and terrain models… Read More »Change of course for Curiosity, the predator of the lost water