Sol 2700: Photo Shoot

By , Atmospheric Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
March 10, 2020
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Left Navigation Camera (Navcams) on Sol 2698
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Left Navigation Camera (Navcams) on Sol 2698 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Today’s plan focused on completing a major task of our science campaign investigating the Greenheugh Pediment: taking a large Mastcam stereo mosaic of the pediment capping unit and the distant Gediz Vallis ridge. Much of the mosaic’s field-of-view is covered in this Navcam image. This large mosaic will help link the patterns seen from orbit with what we see on the ground and help us understand how the pediment and Gediz Vallis formed and what their relative ages are compared to the rest of the features we’ve explored. After taking that mosaic and a Navcam dust devil survey (the Greenheugh Pediment also appears to be particularly prone to dust devils), we’ll make a short drive to the west to reach our 3rd stop on this science campaign. After evaluating that location later this week, we’ll decide which spot we’ll want to drill.

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