Curiosity is driving across a plateau towards an ingress point into "Armargosa Valley."
Curiosity is driving across a plateau towards an ingress point into "Armargosa Valley." This image from Sol 735 shows our drive-direction: We are working our way towards the bright patch of rocks in the upper left portion of the image, known as the "Pahrump Hills." Today's plan includes some ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the targets "Tihvipah," "Santa Rosa Hills," and "Ubehebe" to characterize the local geology. The plan also includes a drive and standard post-drive imaging. In the afternoon, Curiosity will acquire a ChemCam blind target, and several Navcam movies to monitor the atmosphere and search for clouds.
Dates of planned rover activities described in these reports are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays and rover status.
Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center
