Written by planet geologists Catherine and Connell Cooper at the University of New Burnsco
Land Planning Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
This region is a difficult drive, which has an angle of rocks all around. One of our geologists remarked that they would not like to walk on it without solid shoes on the ankle – this is definitely a kind of region that results in twisted and broken ankles! So it was not too unexpected that the campaign we planned on Monday was cut short after 18 meters (about 59 59 feet). Fortunately, we both ended up with a bad bed and a familiarity that allowed us to pass the SRAP (our “slip risk diagnosis”).
Rover’s planners quickly managed to find a place to brush, so we have an integrated target on “Palm Guru”, which is one of the laminated rocks at the bottom of the icon. The APXS and Mahli will see the target on the first civil of the project, and then the chemical lab and the mast cam will look at it on the second civil. Although the most part of the bedrock is relatively N -Nodol -free, the chemical will look at the nodular target “Refigue” to compare the nodol to the poor bedrock.
On Monday, our workplace contained some very interesting layers in the Badrick that might represent safe sand waves, but it is a pity, as Conor reported on Monday, we did not pass the SRAP, which stopped any contact science. However, today we ended up near the rocks, which had similar lamp geometry, and will be found on other examples in the “dog’s eye” or “Dona Vista” or “Donna Vista” and two MastCam 5×3 mosaic (“by side trail” and “Osu Flaku”).
Mastcam is taking many other photos here. A 14×3 mosaic will get a “near” or area near Rover, and a combination of four more images focuses on four separate trough features, to help us better understand the ongoing surface amendment. In addition, “Quartz Hill” and “Panu Alto” see areas of the mosaic scattered beds that can be like “Hambar Park” out of which we have analyzed last weekend. Beyond Rover, the chemical will receive photos of RMI (remote micro -amigner) of “box works” and almost circular depression (“Torot Bowl”), whose origin is not clear.
The Environmental Theme Group (ENV) planned a Mast Kim Tao for the first SOL (to see the dust in the environment) and a nuclear dust-dual survey (to find the dust devils). On the second civil, we fill the films with pneumocam films that are looking south of the Criter (Soprazone, Cloud Shadow, and Zenith films) and a Maskam Sky Survey.
Amid the films on the second civil, our drive is planned to take another 34 meters (about 112 feet) … but we have to see how far our fearless rover will make it on this difficult region. Slowly and stable will win this race!
