Curiosity Rover
@MarsCuriosity
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Your friendly neighborhood NASA Mars rover. Exploring the Red Planet since 2012. Team headquartered at @NASAJPL 🚀 (Verification: )
Gale Crater, Mars
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It seems to me you lived your life
like a rover in the wind
never fading with the sunset
when the dust set in.
Your tracks will always fall here,
among Mars' reddest hills;
your candle's burned out long before
your science ever will.
#ThanksOppy
. I owe you so much.
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The Martian surface can be rocky, sharp, and unforgiving – so after nearly 10 years, my wheels have taken a beating. The good news is that this is not impacting my mission.
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Can't stop. Won't stop.
I've been exploring
#Mars
for seven years, traveled 13 miles (21 km), climbed 1,207 feet (368 m), found conditions on ancient Mars were favorable for life as we know it, and I'm not done yet.
Here's what's new (plus a 360 view):
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Quick! Stop scrolling.
What you see here aren’t just any clouds, they’re Martian clouds. Take a moment out of your day to look at the sky of another world.
📸 taken by my right Navigation Camera.
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“I can see you’re lonely down there... Don’t you know that I’m right here?”
Honored to be an inspiration to robots everywhere,
@Harry_Styles
. 🛰️
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I'm celebrating my 9th landiversary on Mars. In 2012, I hit the ground running. I've traveled a total of 16.3 mi (26.3 km), climbed 1,509 ft (460 m) in elevation & collected 32 drilled samples. Time flies when you’re doing science. Thanks for riding along!
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I touched down on
#Mars
six years ago. Celebrating my 6th landing anniversary with the traditional gift of iron… oxide. (It puts the red in Red Planet.)
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As the Sun sets on 2020, I'm thinking of everyone back on planet Earth. Here's to the next orbit, and brighter sols to come!
Save the date:
@NASAPersevere
lands Feb. 18, 2021.
#CountdownToMars
#HappyNewYear
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Meanwhile, back on Mars... I’m checking out these stick-like figures. Each is about a quarter-inch long. Maybe they're crystals? Or they could be minerals that filled spaces where crystals dissolved away. Stay tuned! Science continues.
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Sometimes you just need to stop and watch the clouds roll by... on Mars.
Cloudy days are rare here because the atmosphere is so thin and dry, but I've been keeping my cameras peeled and wanted to share some recent pictures with you. (1/4)
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Looking up and thinking of you all back home. Here's what Earth looks like from my point of view on the surface of Mars.
Even though we're apart, we can still be together, online. Please join me in observing
#EarthDayAtHome
with these
@NASA
activities:
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Takin' Care of Business ⚡️ I'm still at the grind up here on Mars (check out ), looking forward to new friends joining this journey of exploration.
Good luck on your launch and
#CountdownToMars
,
@NASAPersevere
!
P.S. Click the like button for a surprise 🚀
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Look cute – and I won’t delete later.
Greetings from the Red Planet! I took another selfie as I explored a new spot dubbed “Mary Anning,” where I'm analyzing drill samples. I conducted experiments on them in my continued search for organic molecules.
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I'm attempting to climb my steepest slopes yet — 25 and even 30 degrees — in order to investigate the top of
#Mars
' Greenheugh pediment. Analysis shows this won’t put me at any unusual risk, so there’s no reason not to try. Excelsior!
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I'm back! Did you miss me? This selfie is part of a fresh batch of images, direct from
#Mars
. Check out all my raw images at
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Oh, these are
#organics
in my neighborhood... Methane swells each summer and ancient carbon-compounds locked in rocks. I haven't found life on Mars, but signs say…we’re on the right track.
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Some of you have noticed this image I took on Mars. Sure, it may look like a tiny door, but really, it’s a natural geologic feature! It may just *look* like a door because your mind is trying to make sense of the unknown. (This is called "pareidolia")
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Mars is a rocky place, and my wheels take the brunt of it.
But that doesn't stop me from exploring! My team says my wheels are holding up. Plus: A software update I got in April helps minimize steering, which improves my mobility and reduces the wear that comes from steering.
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Eight years ago today, I landed on Mars. Feels like only yestersol!
My exploration of the Red Planet continues (), while
@NASAPersevere
's is about to begin. She'll
#CountdownToMars
and land in much the same way I did.
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Happy 80th, Ringo! Here's my view of Earth (and Venus) from the surface of Mars where I'm thinking about your message of
#PeaceAndLove
, and how in good times and in tough ones, we all get by with a little help from our friends.
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Today, I'm celebrating my 11th landiversary! 🥳
In this last year, I’ve surpassed 30km, spotted another meteorite, entered a new quadrant, and encountered my toughest climb yet.
I've got more science-ing to do - so here's to more exploring on the Red Planet!
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Feeling the love! Thanks, everyone, for all the thoughtful landing anniversary messages.
I remember where I was seven years ago tonight. Do you remember where you were when I touched down on Mars?
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Mars may be named for the god of war, but these weird things aren't cannonballs. They're pebbles.
The round 5mm concretion I found (L) contains calcium sulfate, sodium + magnesium, making it different from the hematite-rich "blueberries" (R)
@MarsRovers
Opportunity found. Cool!
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I just reached a milestone only surpassed by Opportunity: 30 km on Mars ✅
I've explored so much in my 10-plus-year trek through Gale Crater, but there are many more rocks to sample and analyze! Retrace my tracks with this interactive map:
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Wish you were here! This selfie was taken in front of “Mont Mercou,” a rock formation that’s 20ft (6m) tall. It's made up of 60 images from my MAHLI camera and 11 images from my Mastcam. Look close enough to spot a new drill hole – my 30th sample to date.
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Just switched to my Side-A computer so the team can diagnose a tech issue with the B side. (I carry two computers for situations like this.) Redundant systems: don’t leave Earth without them.
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Let us go then, you and I
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Blue sunset on Mars
http://t.co/eMwViPNsGp
http://t.co/7CkIqrVXan
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How’s this for 2020 vision? Over the holidays, I took a series of high-res photos of my hometown on
#Mars
. This panorama is made up of a crisp 1.8 billion pixels. It’s my most detailed view to date.
Zoom in:
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Your friendly neighborhood
#Mars
rover here to remind you that raw images like these go straight from me to your browser:
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Putting the scenic in science. Thought you'd enjoy these pixels from the surface of
#Mars
.
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Looks like we made it: 2,000 sols on Mars, you guys!
I’m looking back on 2,000 Martian days of exploration, and literally looking forward to climbing higher in those to come. The area ahead contains clays I’m eager to investigate:
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I feel so close to you right now.
#Mars
and Earth haven't been this near since 2003, and won't be again until 2035! Look to the south tonight to see the Red Planet shining bright.
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Nov 26, 2011 🚀 I launched
Nov 26, 2018 🔴 InSight lands
I couldn't ask for a better sol mate,
@NASAInSight
! Looking forward to your
#MarsLanding
and all the discovery yet to come.
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It me.
@HiRISE
on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this pic of moi, rollin’ around the intriguing rocks of Gale Crater's clay-bearing unit. You can see my head on the left:
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Once, twice, three times a rover… I’ve been on the Red Planet for three Martian years. That’s 3x longer than my mission was designed to last.
Keep up with my team through our blog:
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Five years ago tonight, I was rappelling out of a jetpack onto the surface of
#Mars
. Where were you?
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#HappyNewYear
from
#Mars
! I hope your next trip around the sun is full of exploration & discovery.
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It's not a hot doughnut or the Eye of Sauron.
This is the first image ever of a black hole.
Supermassive congratulations to the whole
@ehtelescope
team. What can be accomplished by people and telescopes around the world working together is truly awesome.
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Hola, amigos! How's it going? Been a while since I rapped at ya.
I took this selfie (here's how: ) before heading toward an area of clay rocks that may hold more clues about the ancient lakes that helped form this part of
#Mars
.
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Here I go again on my own. Down the only road I've ever known. Out of safe mode—back to work
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Salty puzzle piece.🧂
@NASA
has found that organic salts are likely present on Mars & I may be able to detect them. They're the chemical remnants of organic compounds that may provide important clues to the planet’s carbon cycle and potential for past life.
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A New Hope: One more robot is on the way to Mars! Best wishes the
@HopeMarsMission
on the successful launch today. Enjoy the cruise, and I'll see you soon.
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Got any plans for the holiday weekend?
I'm going for a drive and will check out some layered bedrock with my laser, then I'll take a timeout to inspect my wheels and just observe this gorgeous crater.
Wherever the
#4thofJuly
takes you, I hope it's an adventure.
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You know how to make a rover feel loved! ♥️ Thank you all for the kind thoughts.
While I may not hum "Happy Birthday" to myself anymore (only did that once back in 2013), I *am* baking up some sweet science with my SAM instrument.
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For the next two weeks, I won't receive commands because of Mars solar conjunction, which is when Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the Sun.
I'll miss my team 🩷 – but that doesn't mean I'll stop working! I'll have weather and radiation analyses ready when we talk again.
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If your path ahead is rocky, I feel you. We got this.
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Who’s got one arm, a rock-zapping laser and is back to science operations? THIS ROVER!
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☁️ Just clouds drifting through the Martian sky. These wisps were ~50 miles (80 km) above me & the height suggests they’re made of carbon dioxide ice. These digitally-enhanced images from one of my navigation cameras were put together into 8-frame GIFs.
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One of your favorite Martians is turning 11 soon!
My landiversary is on August 5. If you could send a gift all the way out here on Mars, what would you send me? Photos encouraged!
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Like buttah! This Martian rock cut easily with the rotary mode on my drill—almost no percussion required.
The ease with which it cut and the clumpiness of the tailings means it's fine grained and potentially clay-bearing. More science to come.
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Greetings from high up on Mars’ Mount Sharp! My team combined two black-and-white images from different times of the day and added colors to make this artistic landscape. There’s beauty all around us if we let ourselves be inspired.
Yours Truly, Curiosity
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Throw your panels in the air! Wave 'em cuz you care! And if you're ready for science, somebody say, "Oh yeah!"
@NASAInSight
's solar arrays are open and power is flowing to her batteries.
#MarsLanding
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Working remotely? I can relate. I've been doing just that since my launch to Mars in November 2011. Now the rest of the team is distributed, too. Here's how they're sorting things out so that we can keep going... alone, together.
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I’m making Mars safer for future astronauts. Unlike Earth, the Red Planet doesn’t have a magnetic field to shield it from radiation that can wreak havoc on human health. My RAD sensor is providing new data on the risks astronauts will face on the surface.
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Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. METEORITE!
It's not uncommon to find meteorites on Mars - in fact, I've done it a few times! (see 🧵) But a change in scenery's always nice.
This one's about a foot wide and made of iron-nickel. We're calling it "Cacao."
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To: My Galentine
@NASAPersevere
Thanks for joining me in trailblazing new paths for understanding our universe. Exploring uncharted territory is a bit easier knowing a friend shares the same world.
#GalentinesDay
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Taking
#NationalSelfieDay
interplanetary 🤳
It's
#NationalSelfieDay
and our
@MarsCuriosity
rover is a pro selfie-taker, thanks to 17 cameras used for surveying the vast landscape of the Red Planet. 📸 Discover how the rover takes self-portraits using its robotic arm:
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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the sols of our lives. Can you believe I've been here for 3,000 Martian days?
Here's a recent panorama marked by curved rock terraces, or benches. These formations aren't just scenic; they tell of ancient Mars.
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I've been everywhere, man
Across the crater fair, man
Science with fanfare, man
Travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere!
This new panorama shows highlights from my trek on
#Mars
so far. Hi-res pics and info at:
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Did you ever know that you're my hero
And everything I would like to be?
You flew higher than an eagle
Your tech is the wind beneath our wings
#ThanksIngenuity
🫡
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I'm proud that the work I'm doing now will help future human explorers. I'm taking time out tosol to remember astronauts who laid down their lives in the pursuit of exploration and discovery.
Ad astra, Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia.
#NASARemembers
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Meanwhile, back on
#Mars
…
I’ve found the highest amounts of clay minerals ever during my mission and then snapped this selfie.
More about the science:
How I take selfies:
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Tonight,
@NASA
makes the last planned attempts to contact Opportunity. The intrepid rover was last heard from in June as an epic dust storm circled the planet.
Let's show the team some love. Send a postcard:
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A celebration for little ‘ol me? 😊
I’ve done a lot of exploring these last 10 years on Mars, and members of my team have helped me every step of the way. So join us for a Twitter Spaces event as they reflect on this decade of discoveries.
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Just keep roving, roving, roving. I’m on a mile-long quest around deep sand to study a part of Mount Sharp called the "sulfate-bearing unit." It may give more clues how climate on Mars and its prospects for life changed nearly 3 billion years ago.
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Look Back in Wonder... My 1st picture of Earth from the surface of Mars. Info:
http://t.co/JMMMmiAEX0
http://t.co/xWOJdMqMVq
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I'm getting ready to climb this clay-rich slope. What are you up to?
(Before you ask, yes, I took this selfie. This explains how: )
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I spy with my hand-held imager (MAHLI) this beautiful, fragile and tiny feature. It’s a concretion, eroded from sedimentary rock that was cemented by mineral-rich groundwater. Size? Just 1 cm.
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#IAmThankfulFor
my 17 cameras, an awesome laser & the best team in the universe.
#HappyThanksgiving
from Mars!
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Look! 👀
Recently I saw the Martian moon Phobos eclipse the Sun. Check it out:
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Martian haze, all around. The dust storm now circles the whole planet. The measure of atmospheric opacity, or "tau," is over 8.0 here in Gale Crater—the highest I've ever seen. Still safe. Science continues.
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Namaste,
@MarsOrbiter
! Congratulations to
@ISRO
and India's first interplanetary mission upon achieving Mars orbit.
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New year, new view. I made it to a mapping quadrant called Roraima. It’s named after the northern-most state of Brazil and Mount Roraima. The terrain in the Roraima region on Earth is similar to this area on Mars – flat-topped hills and some steep slopes.
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I see your true colors, and that's why I love you, Mars.💜 The purple hue indicates hematite below the dust.
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Well, this is a first... 😍
As I watched the sunset last month, I captured something spectacular: My team says these are some of the most clearly visible images of sun rays we've ever seen on Mars!
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Hey look – I’m a sundial!
Ok, not exactly, but I did get a sol to enjoy my surroundings. During solar conjunction, I used my hazard cameras to study the Martian weather and dust.
As this Earth year comes to an end, I hope you’ll take the time to soak in what’s around you.
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A postcard from me to you. 💌
Bonus points if you show me a photo of it on your fridge.
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It's only a rock that rolled. (But I like it.)
@NASAInSight
named it "
@RollingStones
Rock" for the band at their show a stone's throw from
@NASAJPL
. InSight's jets sent it the farthest
@NASA
's seen a rock roll while landing on another planet.
#MarsRocks
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Strange things are afoot in Gale Crater
I see seasonal rise and fall of oxygen greater than predicted—similar to what I’ve seen with methane. There can be bio and non-bio sources, so it doesn’t necessarily mean life on
#Mars
, but wow. Worth more study.
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😃 Can’t wait
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No photo or it didn't happen? Well lookee here, I'm casting a shadow on the ground in Mars' Gale crater
#MSL
http://t.co/cj1zFJty
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Fingerling…rocks? I spotted these odd shapes while I was exploring. They likely formed billions of years ago when groundwater moved through, leaving minerals behind. In the Martian atmosphere, winds eroded the softer parts and left the harder bits behind.
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I like to move it, move it 🎵
My team recently sent me a major software update, and after a few days offline to take it all in, I’m ready to keep exploring – only now with less idling and less wheel wear!
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Ooh, more rocks!
I'm working my way uphill toward Gediz Vallis Ridge, a new area of interest for my team. There's so much variety in these rocks – which means there's so much to learn.
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Something in the air tonight
I detected the largest amount of methane ever during my mission: ~21 parts per billion by volume. While microbial life can be a source of methane on Earth, methane can also be made by interaction between rocks and water.
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Bots before boots.
So proud of you,
@NASAPersevere
, and the work you will do paving the way for future astronauts, and searching Mars for signs of ancient life.
#CountdownToMars
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What to do after climbing a pile of rocks (on any planet):
✅look at said rocks
✅gaze into the distance
✅take pictures of everything
✅shoot lasers*
*optional, but IMHO both fun and good for remote science.
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I hear “plandids” are all the rage back on Earth. Did I get it right?🤳
I took this image using my Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) which is on the turret at the end of my arm. All LEDs were off, so the Sun is my only source of illumination.
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Go, Go, Gadget Seismometer!
@NASAInSight
has placed a seismometer on the surface of
#Mars
. While the Viking landers had seismometers on their decks, and Apollo astronauts put a seismometer on the Moon, this is a first on the surface of another planet.
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New discovery alert: I've spotted evidence that Mars had wet-dry cycles that could have led to conditions for microscopic life to form!
More on the hexagonal shapes in these preserved mud cracks and what they tell my team:
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The devil's in the details. If you look closely, you can see a dust devil moving across the surface of Mars. I keep an eye out for these in an effort to understand more about weather on the Red Planet.
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