5th August 2013 Sol 355

We are just about at the one Earth year anniversary of our landing.  MSL Landing was on the 5th August Pacific time and about 6 am, 6th August British Summertime. 

What were the highlights so far?  I think, after a succesful landing night, it was seeing the first images of the river conglomerate and the sediments at Gillespie, Yellowknife Bay.  Thats when we realised that we were well on the way to identifying a habitable environment. 

The image shows a navigation camera image of where we are aiming during the 2nd year: SW, and across the dark dune field towards Mt. Sharp…

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This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards... I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions. You can also follow the planetary science activities with @LeicsPlanets Professor John Bridges, School of Physics and Astronomy

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