Curiosity Blog, Sols 4838-4844: Wrapping Up the Boxwork Terrain

Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

On sol 4839 Curiosity finished up investigation of Toro Wharku with ChemCam laser spectroscopy and Mastcam imaging. A long-distance ChemCam RMI 10x1 mosaic was obtained on the Paniri butte, and Navcam took cloud and dust-devil movies. The rover then drove 35 meters (about 115 feet) toward the southern contact of the boxwork terrain with the adjacent sulfate unit, and performed post-drive photography of a 360-degree panorama around the vehicle using Navcam.

As the week began on Mars sol 4838, Curiosity used cameras on Mastcam and ChemCam to image ridge and butte targets "Salar de Maricunga," "El Misti," "Saipina" ridges and the "Paniri" butte. Mastcam also looked at bedrock fractures on target "Sajta. " The laser spectrometer on ChemCam examined the composition of the target "Tacitas.