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.
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.