Friday Mars Blogging

Curiosity digs Mars.

Me too.

Friday Mars Blogging

I don't know who Jake Matijevic is, but this Mars rock is named after him. How cool is that? (And sure, it'll click a bit bigger, unless it's Bloggered again, but there's more at NASA's Curiosity page, including life size and annotated photos of the Jake Matijevic rock.)

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Stream bed in space...

Click it to biggify a bit.

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The rover's rovin'...


As usual, click it bigger or go here.

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The big one's here.

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N165 is the "Coronation Rock," that is, the first bit of Mars to be blasted by Curiosity's laser. Gotta break some eggs, I suppose...



It clicks quite a bit bigger, of course.

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This week a man-made mess means mixed emotions...



(You can click it a bit bigger, or go here.)
I think some anthropologist or another described man as the naming animal. The fact that the blast damage from Curiosity's landing is now officially the Goulburn Scour Mark is pretty good proof of his point.

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Curiosity's new home at Gale Crater...


Click it bigger or go here.

R.I.P.

Fridays are going to be different around here, I guess…

Nasa says its Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars has gone silent and is almost certainly dead.

Engineers have not heard from the craft since Sunday 2 November when it made a brief communication with Earth. Phoenix, which landed on the planet's northern plains in May, had been struggling in the increasing cold and dark of an advancing winter.

Phoenix produced some sensational images and landmark science.

Some awe and wonder, too. This time was bound to come, I suppose, but it provokes a moment of melancholy just the same.

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Animated full-circle panoramic view here.

A united Democratic government...

…landed Americans on the Moon.

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360 degrees of Mars. It's bigger behind a click. Way bigger over here.

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A mess of Mars on the lander deck.

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That dusty old dust is gettin' my home...

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Phoenix Digs Mars

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Though the weather outside is frightening..."

Friday Mars blogging.- Now in 3-D!

Pretty cool, huh?

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Lander litter.

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That dusty old dust...

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Lander poop.