Sols 4547-4548: Taking In View After Long Drive

Curiosity Navigation

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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Left Navigation Camera on May 21, 2025 - Sol 4546, or Martian day 4,546 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission - at 05:05:33 UTC.

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Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University

Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Monday's single-sol plan included a marathon 45-meter drive (about 148 feet), which put us in position for two full sols of imaging. This means both sols have what we call "targeted" science blocks, in which we have images of the workspace down from the last plan and can carefully choose what we want to take a closer look at. This always means a lot of good discussion amongst the geology and mineralogy theme group (GEO) about what deserves this closer look. As an outsider on the environmental theme group (ENV), I don't always grasp the complexities of these discussions, but it's always interesting to see what GEO is up to and to learn new things about the geology of Mount Sharp.

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