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Sol 3680: Amapari 2 – The Sequel

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, on December 10, 2022, Sol 3677 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Following the weekend’s triaging, we decided to go ahead with drilling at “Amapari2,” which while similar to the original “Amapari” will hopefully prove easier to drill. Because we are only planning a single sol today, this means the plan is mostly devoted to drilling, which is fairly resource intensive. Despite this, the GEO team was still able to work with the limited power and time to squeeze in some observations before the drilling. ChemCam is doing LIBS on a nearby bedrock target, “Paracau,” as well as getting a long distance mosaic of the base of the inverted channel, part of which they also imaged a few sols ago. Mastcam is also bringing a mosaic into the plan, on the flank of the butte “Amapa.” On the ENV side of things, it’s a pretty quiet day, with only our standard REMS and DAN activities.

Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University