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The Sol 26 drive went well, and the images taken after the drive showed some interesting outcrops right in front of the rover. The focus of the Sol 27 plan is primarily the first sampling of Mars' atmosphere by the big SAM instrument. Now that ChemCam is working again, the top priority is to acquire better observations of its calibration target, and 77 minutes were allocated to do that.
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Steve Squyres is the Principal Investigator of the science payload on the Mars Exploration Rovers that landed on Mars in January 2004--first Spirit, then Opportunity. I have been working for Steve as science lead for the Microscopic imager, the close-up camera on the MER instrument arms. So we were joking about the role reversal--as SOWG Chair I lead the science team today.
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In the previous plan, we added some Navcam cloud movies just after sunrise in Gale Crater. We may be able to estimate the altitude of any clouds we observe. This is because the clouds will only appear bright if they're still receiving direct sunlight.
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Curiosity is cruising through the clay-bearing unit on some compacted clast-rich soil. Our route will take us northward along the east and south flank of the Vera Rubin Ridge. Along the way, we are stopping regularly for "touch-and-go' contact science.
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The main activity in the sol 2407 plan will be a set of MAHLI wheel images followed by a very small bump forward to place DAN over the Kilmarie drill hole. We hope to take an active DAN observation right over the drill hole to understand more about the hydration state of the rock and subsurface.
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Mastcam will measure the amount of dust in the atmosphere above MSL by imaging the Sun through neutral-density filters. The ChemCam RMI will acquire a "stack' of images of the Aberlady drill hole at various focus settings to find the best focus setting for future LIBS elemental chemistry measurements.
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On sol 2250 Curiosity finishes the observations on and around the Highfield drill hole and drives on to an area where red Jura is exposed. It includes observations that especially benefit from the longer stay, such as the change detection imaging experiments.
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ChemCam will take a 3-image mosaic of a feature of interest in the sulfate unit. After the drive the rover will image the local terrain with Navcam and Mastcam.
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APXS will get the chemistry, and Navcam, Mastcam and MAHLI will have a close look. In addition to the dump pile activities, it will look at four samples. One of the samples that we try to get a better look at is 'Little Colonsay'
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In Auckland's south, the Pukekohe area had also seen a lot of volcanism. Coromandel was also volcanic, but the field was now "basically extinct', Leonard said. Timaru's Mt Horrible was now extinct.
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