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Friday, March 14, 2025

Sol 4479: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4479: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4479 (2025-03-13T06:40:08.000Z) to (2025-03-13T06:40:34.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Sol 4478: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Sol 4478: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4478 (2025-03-12T05:25:47.000Z) to (2025-03-12T05:27:11.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE


Sol 4478: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4478 (2025-03-12T05:28:15.000Z) to (2025-03-12T05:33:12.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE
Additional editing with GIMP

Sol 4478: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4478 (2025-03-12T07:29:24.000Z) to (2025-03-12T07:33:45.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE
Additional editing with GIMP

Mars Express

 






Mission: Mars Express

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSIONINSTRUMENTPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)
Mars ExpressASPERA-3R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)
 HRSCG. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)
 MARSISG. Picardi (Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)
 MRSM. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)
 OMEGAJ.P. Bibring (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France)
 PFSM. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)
 SPICAMF. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)
 VMCA. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

Extracted by Barley Culiner with NASAView

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Mars Perseverance Sol 1442: SuperCam Camera stitch


Mars Perseverance Sol 1442: SuperCam Camera stitch

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using the SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager, located at the top of the rover's mast.

Images acquired on March 11, 2025 (Sol 1442) at the local mean solar time of 10:45:46 to 11:06:22.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

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OCCURRENCE OF ROCK VARNISH AT YUNGAY, ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2251.pdf

Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2007JG000677

Life on the Edge: Microbes in Rock Varnish https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1570605

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria


Martian blueberries

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/05/cyanophyta.html

Cyanobacterial morphology https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post_13.html

Mars Perseverance Sol 1443: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

 desert varnish and a rock made of martian blueberries

Mars Perseverance Sol 1443: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

Images acquired on March 12, 2025 (Sol 1443) at the local mean solar time of 12:37:42 to 12:37:44.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

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OCCURRENCE OF ROCK VARNISH AT YUNGAY, ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2251.pdf

Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2007JG000677

Life on the Edge: Microbes in Rock Varnish https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1570605

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria


Martian blueberries

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/05/cyanophyta.html

Cyanobacterial morphology https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post_13.html

Sol 4477: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4477: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4477 (2025-03-11T05:20:31.000Z) to (2025-03-11T05:20:43.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4477: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4477 (2025-03-11T05:19:22.000Z) to (2025-03-11T05:19:37.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4478: Left Navigation Camera stitch

 

Sol 4478: Left Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_LEFT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4478 (2025-03-12T07:50:02.000Z) to (2025-03-12T07:52:02.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Sol 4478: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) stitch

 

Sol 4478: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) stitch

Images taken by CHEMCAM_RMI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4478 (2025-03-12T05:53:14.000Z) to (2025-03-12T06:04:44.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Sol 4477: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) stitch

 

Sol 4477: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) stitch

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4477 (2025-03-11T08:28:19.000Z) to (2025-03-11T08:35:17.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Monday, March 10, 2025

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4473 (2025-03-07T02:32:24.000Z) to (2025-03-07T02:32:36.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4473 (2025-03-07T02:33:47.000Z) to (2025-03-07T02:33:59.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4473 (2025-03-07T02:34:58.000Z) to (2025-03-07T02:37:12.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4473 (2025-03-07T02:28:38.000Z) to (2025-03-07T02:30:00.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4473 (2025-03-07T02:30:34.000Z) to (2025-03-07T02:30:58.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4473: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4473 (2025-03-07T02:37:40.000Z) to (2025-03-07T02:38:59.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Sol 4475: Left Navigation Camera stitch

 

Sol 4475: Left Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_LEFT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4475 (2025-03-09T04:48:49.000Z) to (2025-03-09T04:54:48.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4475: Left Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_LEFT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4475 (2025-03-09T04:55:35.000Z) to (2025-03-09T04:57:18.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP


Sol 4475: Left Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_LEFT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4475 (2025-03-09T04:10:15.000Z) to (2025-03-09T04:47:12.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4475: Left Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_LEFT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4475 (2025-03-09T04:34:15.000Z) to (2025-03-09T04:39:21.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Friday, March 7, 2025

Exomars 2016

ExoMars2016 Orbit_Range_2000_2099 Orbit_2050







Exomars 2016

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/psa/exomars2016#

https://www.esa.int/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MISSIONHOSTINSTRUMENTPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)
ExoMars 2016TGOACSO. Korablev (IKI, Russia)
  CaSSISN. Thomas (University of Bern, Switzerland)
  FRENDI. Mitrofanov (IKI, Russia)
  NOMADA.C. Vandaele (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium), J.L. Moreno (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain), G. Bellucci (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy), M. Patel (Open University, UK)
 SchiaparelliAMELIAF. Ferri (Università di Padova, Italy), F. Forget (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France), Ö. Karatekin (Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium), S. Lewis (Open University, UK)
  COMARS+A. Gülhan (DLR, Germany)
  DeCaD. Koschny (ESA)
  DREAMSF. Esposito (INAF, Italy), S. Debei (University of Padova, Italy)