Here is a NavCam mosaic of the Naukluft Plateau. We are looking around us for the next drill target. A particular feature is searching for, and trying to understand, silica enrichments. The formation we are driving over is called the Stimson and is thought to have formed from ancient wind blown sediments which cut down through the underlying lake deposits of the Murray formation. Are these silica enrichments due to late alteration along fractures or was some of it blown in with the other Stimson grains?
17th April 2016 Sol 1315
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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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