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JHan

(10,173 posts)
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 07:16 AM Nov 2018

Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2082 (high res)



https://www.360cities.net/image/mars-panorama-curiosity-solar-day-2082

Sol 2082: Selfie at Gale Crater

This panorama combines 83 exposures taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the Sol 2082 of Curiosity's work on Mars (June 15, 2018)

A Martian dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location in Gale Crater.

A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA's Opportunity rover to suspend science operations. But across the planet, NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been studying Martian soil at Gale Crater, is expected to remain largely unaffected by the dust. While Opportunity is powered by sunlight, which is blotted out by dust at its current location, Curiosity has a nuclear-powered battery that runs day and night.

The Martian dust storm has grown in size and is now officially a "planet-encircling" (or "global" ) dust event.
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Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2082 (high res) (Original Post) JHan Nov 2018 OP
Beyond cool! lastlib Nov 2018 #1
That rock, right there. The one just to the left, I want it! GemDigger Nov 2018 #2

lastlib

(23,293 posts)
1. Beyond cool!
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 08:18 AM
Nov 2018

I f*cking LOVE science!

We have a machine driving around on another *planet* studying its geology, and taking pictures, and sending the results and photos back to us by radio. Just AMAZING! It's even more amazing that it works so WELL!

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
2. That rock, right there. The one just to the left, I want it!
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 08:47 PM
Nov 2018

That panoramic view is very interesting.

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