Comments on: Curiosity climbs into a new Martian canyon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-climbs-into-a-new-martian-canyon/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andi https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-climbs-into-a-new-martian-canyon/#comment-1576586 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:51:22 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=113362#comment-1576586 Minor edit in second paragraph: “almost out of sight”

]]> By: Blackwing1 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-climbs-into-a-new-martian-canyon/#comment-1576275 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:57:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=113362#comment-1576275 If they ever need an area in which to test a prototype of a small Mars rover, I can recommend the area north of Bartlett Lane near the Buffalo Bill Reservoir here in NW Wyoming. There’s a series of small hills (500 ft or so) there that have hugely varied terrain which include large areas of rock slabs, and even larger areas of mid-sized rocks interspersed with wind-blown sand. It looks much like what we see in these pictures.

When the reservoir is drawn down in anticipation of winter the height drops by around 40 feet, exposing hundreds of acres of former lake bottom with washed up benches of cobblestone-type shore, yet another great proving ground for a rover. Better challenge and more varied terrain than any desert.

]]> By: Max https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-climbs-into-a-new-martian-canyon/#comment-1576248 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:30:16 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=113362#comment-1576248 What baren inhospitable terrain. But there is a silver lining in this picture… quite literally there are clouds! We have seen them before, but it’s always unexpected considering the bleakness.

]]> By: Dave F. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-climbs-into-a-new-martian-canyon/#comment-1576186 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:38:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=113362#comment-1576186 To borrow from Jeff Spicoli – “Whoa, that’s looking pretty gnarly out there.”

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