We have continued with contact science at the Square Top outcrop, with its characteristic striated upper surface, before we drive up to the Kimberley location. You can see the mixture of coarse and fine-grained layers. More analyses may show if the fine-grained layers are like the mudstone we drilled at Yellowknife Bay. We have had a few issues with placing the arm but in the Navcam image you can see the APXS placed over the top of the outcrop. The closer the APXS window is to the surface of interest the better the analyses.
1st April 2014 Sol 587
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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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