At 20:16:10 UTC the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) has taken this beautiful view of the Martian landscape furrowed by the tracks left by Curiosity itself.On the horizon we can see a portion of the edge of the crater Gale conspicuously veiled by haze.Mars is approaching the point of its orbit farthest from the Sun (aphelion), the average planetary temperature is falling and this will… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2463, July 11, 2019
At 23:13:14 UTC the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) took this photo of a Martian rock from a distance of 12.9 cm and with a definition of 0.0532 mm/pixel, thus covering an area of 8.36 cm X 6.24 cm.A snail-shaped structure creeps between the layers of this sedimentary rock; to make it easier to see, I have enlarged the detail of interest three times the… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2462, July 10, 2019
At 18:31:41 UTC Mastcam Right captured this beautiful photo of a Martian layered rock.Harder layers interspersed with more erodible layers form a curious “lasagna” effect, perhaps evidence of a recurring cyclic variation in the Martian climate.Aside from the ever-present gypsum, this rock has some interesting color characteristics.While the flat upper part shows the typical “Mars red” color, the underlying layers appear darker and tending to… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2461, July 9, 2019
Your browser does not support HTML video. ESA’s Mars Express probe has been keeping an eye on local and regional dust storms that have been brewing at the Red Planet’s north pole over the past month, watching them dissipate toward the equator. Confined to small areas and common locations on Mars, local and regional storms last for a few days or weeks, but at their… Read More »Dust storms swirl in Mars’ north pole
At 19:00:14 UTC the Mastcam Right has taken this beautiful picture of some Martian rocks.Layers on layers that time has partially fragmented, but that within them hide a rich history of water and perhaps not only …You can also see whitish veins, probably limestone or chalk, clear evidence of the ancient presence of liquid water.The original image is a black and white encoding of the… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2457, July 5, 2019
At 20:36:10 UTC the Mastcam Right has taken this suggestive photo of the Martian landscape, depicting a beautiful hillock of stratified rocks with a beautiful blue sky for background!On the hill you can also see an elongated rock in a vertical position and a “something” extremely thin that sticks out diagonally from the right edge of the hill itself; quite unique I would say!The original… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2458, July 6, 2019
At 15:08:30 UTC Mastcam Left took this striking photo of the Martian landscape.The horizon appears veiled by a kind of haze very similar to that observed here on Earth during particularly humid days.If this haze was due to dust in suspension would appear ocher and not tending to blue as in this case.I also find the variations in the color of the ground very interesting,… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2455, July 3, 2019
At 15:57:54 UTC the Mastcam Right has taken this unique picture of some Martian rocks.The pointed one at the top is definitely the most interesting, the richest in detail; who knows if it will be framed closer in some other shot.The original image is a black and white encoding of the Bayer mask that has been converted to color through a process called “debayering” or… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2455, July 3, 2019
Your browser does not support HTML video. ESA’s Mars Express probe has been keeping an eye on local and regional dust storms that have been brewing at the Red Planet’s north pole over the past month, watching them dissipate toward the equator. Confined to small areas and common locations on Mars, local and regional storms last for a few days or weeks, but at their… Read More »Dust storms swirl in Mars’ north pole
For decades there has been debate about the river structures, deltas, basins, and oceans of liquid water that anciently shaped the surface of Mars.This study, sponsored by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, analyzes all of these structures to determine whether or not there is an interconnected network of interconnected aquifers on a planetary scale.By the principle of communicating vessels, in interconnected water system on a… Read More »Geological evidence for the existence of a global water system on the planet Mars