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Curiosity reaches next destination, spots unexplained Mars light
The Space Reporter ^ | Monday, April 07, 2014 | Andrew McDonald,

Posted on 04/07/2014 9:46:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin

NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached its next waypoint on its arduous trek towards the base of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater on Mars. According to a Jet Propulsion Laboratory press release, Curiosity traversed the final 98 feet of its journey to an area called “the Kimberley” on April 2. The Kimberley was selected in early 2013 as a destination for Curiosity to examine rocks that might have been deposited in conditions suitable for life.

Curiosity is situated atop a small rise, providing an excellent vantage point from which the rover can see in context the four different types of rock that intersect at the Kimberley. Ahead lie several weeks of observation, drilling for rock samples, and analysis in the rover’s onboard laboratory. Reaching the new waypoint means that Curiosity has traveled 3.8 miles since deploying on Mars in August 2012.

Curiosity will conduct a detailed examination of rocks exposed at the Kimberley. The rover spent the first half of 2013 studying a site known as Yellowknife Bay. Curiosity used its rock-sampling drill for the first time and discovered chemical clues in the rocks that indicate that Yellowknife Bay was once a lakebed environment favorable for microbial life.

Geological clues to past Martian habitability are not the only remarkable findings made by Curiosity. According to Chron.com, on April 7, NASA released a photo showing a strange beam of light emanating from the Martian surface. NASA has yet to issue an official statement on this puzzling discovery, but the image is available on the JPL’s Curiosity raw images website.

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To: smoothsailing

The Blue Flame Club initiation?


21 posted on 04/08/2014 1:43:24 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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Motel 6?


22 posted on 04/08/2014 1:48:48 AM PDT by 762X51
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To: BenLurkin

Could it be a Motel 6? Tom Bodet says “We’ll keep the light on for ya”.


23 posted on 04/08/2014 2:02:32 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: null and void

It's a flaming faggot. A closer shot would have shown the pitchfork, too.

24 posted on 04/08/2014 2:38:55 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: BenLurkin

25 posted on 04/08/2014 4:04:49 AM PDT by 109ACS (If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
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To: lucky american
it's name is, GORT (1951;WTEST)..
it's "monitoring" us (1956;TFP).

26 posted on 04/08/2014 4:18:39 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: smoothsailing
Someone else is visiting?

27 posted on 04/08/2014 5:49:27 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Wyatt’s Torch?


28 posted on 04/08/2014 7:37:48 AM PDT by null and void (Politics: Voting for the monkeys that are better at flinging poo at their opponents...)
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To: null and void
Maybe this:


29 posted on 04/08/2014 9:49:38 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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