MARS: CURIOSITY u krateru GALE Vol II.

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Svijetla i tamna struktura se evidentno razlikuju po rezitentnosti na temperaturne promjene i utjecaj vjetra. Tamnija struktura je u svakom slučaju odpornija od svjetlije. 

Pokušavam (sa skromnim sredstvima) saznati kako bi ono iznad bilo
vidjeti pod našim sinje-plavim nebom. Pa evo:

S malo više osvjetljenja ) i uvećano) možemo bolje vidjeti i onaj dio u sjenci.

Sretna Nova, braćo Marsovci.

Methane Mystery on Mars May Get a Partial Answer Soon
By Mike Wall 14 days ago
NASA's Curiosity rover just made some important measurements.


NASA's Curiosity rover has detected several intriguing spikes of methane in the air of Mars' Gale Crater.
(Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

https://www.space.com/mars-methane-mystery-partial-answer-soon.html

Zanimljivo i intrigantno.

Photos: Ancient Mars Lake Could Have Supported Life

https://www.space.com/23884-ancient-mars-lake-photos-curiosity-rover.html

Trenutni radni prostor

Iz trenutnog radnog prostora sam izdvojio ovo:  (na prvi pogled ono baš breathtaking)

Ostalo, "pod našim nebom" ...u mojoj režiji, naravno....Koliko mi moja primitivna tehnička sredstva može pomoći. 

Doing a Wheelie! - Update for Sols 2635-2637: Written by Claire Newman, Atmospheric Scientist at Aeolis Research


Doing a Wheelie! - Curiosity Rover Mission Update for Sols 2635-2637: Written by Claire Newman, Atmospheric Scientist at Aeolis Research, January 6, 2020.
At the start of planning for the 3-sol weekend plan, we were told that telemetry showed one of Curiosity’s middle wheels was lifted ~15 cm off the ground following the previous drive. This meant we needed to do a short ‘bump’ to adjust the rover’s position ready for Monday’s planning and had to postpone the contact science we want to do while the rover sits at its highest point on Western Butte. Instead, we focused on doing all the remote surface science needed here and catching up on atmospheric monitoring observations after the holidays. Remote sensing observations included ChemCam rasters and Mastcam images of dark float blocks (“Shiskine” and “Lauderdale”) and a vein complex (“Hascosay”), RMI mosaics on Gediz Valles mound materials (“Craw Tap” and “Gowrie”), Mastcam multispectral observations of Lauderdale, and Mastcam mosaics of the Western Butte top and the Greenheugh Pediment. We also took a MARDI image to monitor surface changes underneath the rover.
Atmospheric science activities included our regular REMS atmospheric monitoring, RAD radiation monitoring, and DAN passive and active measurements of the subsurface. In the first sol, we also planned a Dust Devil Survey to look for dust-filled convective vortices around local noon, when convection is strong. This was followed by late afternoon activities in the first sol and early morning activities in the third sol, all of which involved making measurements of aerosols (dust or water ice). The two timings were chosen partly so we have some idea how aerosols change with time of sol, but also because imaging early or late in the day is often the best time to find clouds, because relative humidity increases when temperatures cool (provided the amount of water vapor stays the same). In the late afternoon on the first sol, we planned Mastcam measurements of the atmospheric aerosol opacity in the column above us and Mastcam and Navcam measurements of the visibility across the crater. We also planned three cloud observations with Navcam: a Phase Function Sky Survey - a set of images that we use to infer the properties of cloud particles; a Cloud Altitude Observation - movies of clouds and their shadows on Mt. Sharp that, in combination, allow us to infer both the height and speed of the clouds; and a Supra-Horizon movie that looks for clouds over the rim of the crater. Finally, early in the third sol we again measured the column and across-crater opacity with Mastcam, then took Navcam Zenith and Supra-Horizon movies to look for clouds above Mt. Sharp and the crater rim, respectively. Finally, the SAM team decided to repeat an atmospheric observation to measure the methane abundance, and this was performed in the third sol of the plan.
Having ‘un-wheelied’ in this plan, next week we’ll be doing the contact science we missed over the weekend, then heading down the Western Butte again and toward the Greenheugh pediment.

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NavCam image: Dust devil survey image looking across the crater trench toward the northern rim on sol 2632. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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Curiosity has driven 21.64 kilometers (13.44 miles) as of Sol 2616

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These blog updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public.

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Dates of planned rover activities described in these reports are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays and rover status.