With all the apparent lithologic diversity and patches of flattish bedrock as we’ve gone higher and higher up the rim, I’d be more surprised if they hadn’t thought about coring. They’ve been shooting a lot more close-ups lately, that’s for sure, and not just on the “white rocks”. I assumed they were going to wait until reaching some accessible, heavy and stable boulder at Pico Turquino, and I still think they will. Nonetheless, it would be hard to miss the pretty distinct geologic units as we’ve sidled up to that hill, and erosion clearly has some interesting tales to tell around here. I definitely haven’t been able to complain about the rover climbing too fast and blowing past interesting stuff lately.
With all the apparent lithologic diversity and patches of flattish bedrock as we’ve gone higher and higher up the rim, I’d be more surprised if they hadn’t thought about coring. They’ve been shooting a lot more close-ups lately, that’s for sure, and not just on the “white rocks”. I assumed they were going to wait until reaching some accessible, heavy and stable boulder at Pico Turquino, and I still think they will. Nonetheless, it would be hard to miss the pretty distinct geologic units as we’ve sidled up to that hill, and erosion clearly has some interesting tales to tell around here. I definitely haven’t been able to complain about the rover climbing too fast and blowing past interesting stuff lately.