Australian Sky Telescope MayJune 2017

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S&T

GREGG DINDERMAN AND EMILY LAKDAWALLA, SOURCE NASA / JPL-CALTECH; INSETS: NASA / JPL-CALTECH / MSSS

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future route

Gobabeb(16 Jan 2016)

Lubango(23 Apr 2016)

Okoruso(5 May 2016)

Oudam(4 Jun 2016)

Marimba(6 Aug 2016)

Quela(18 Sep 2016)

Sebina(20 Oct 2016)

Windjana(23 Apr 2014)

Rocknest(2 Oct - 18 Nov 2012)

John Klein&Cumberland(19 Jan - 12 May 2013)

Buckskin(31 Jul 2015)

Big Sky(29 Sep 2015)

Greenhorn(18 Oct 2015)

Confidence Hills(24 Sep 2014)

Mojave(29 Jan 2015)

Telegraph Peak(25 Feb 2015)

Landing site (6 Aug 2012)

BAGNOLD DUNES

Clay-rich unit

Inverted channel

Sulfate-rich yardangs

Hematite-rich unit

MURRAY

BUTTES

YELLOWKNIFE BAY

THE KIMBERLEY

HIDDEN VALLEY

BRADBURY PLAINS

PAHRUMP HILLS

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YELLOWKNIFE BAY

THE KIMBERLEY

HIDDEN VALLEY

PAHRUMP HILLS

MURRAY BUTTES

EXPEDITION ROUTE

The Curiosity rover has travelled

some 15 km, drilled 15 rock

holes (white circles), and

investigated many additional

sites. The meandering route is

engineers’ attempt to navigate

a safe path around sharp rocks

and dangerous dunes to the

base of Aeolis Mons, which

begins around Murray Buttes.

(Yardangs are ridges formed

when winds erode the rock’s

surrounding material.)