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Engineer, data wrangler, and martian photographer at NASA-JPL, Los Angeles. Curiosity Rover ECAM PUL. Saturn native, commutes to Jupiter. USMC vet. Opinions are mine https://apoapsys.com
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That kid from Modern Family. No, the other one. He was at my local grocery store checking out. I got between him and some rather aggressively adoring fans.

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MAHLI closeup view of the new Altadena drill hole, taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on Sol 4568. White balanced color. flic.kr/p/2rawSVF

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White balanced version of the Sol 4466 MastCam mosaic of the Mishe Mokwa butte near the Mars Curiosity Rover. This was taken in early morning and provided some nice long shadows. flic.kr/p/2ratxVW

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Amazing MastCam mosaic of the Mishe Mokwa butte and the Yardang Unit beyond. Taken in the morning of Sol 4566 by the Mars Curiosity Rover. flic.kr/p/2ratr5a

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Got a chuck of some ultramafic awesomeness, fresh from Arizona: Some peridotite!

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<the next day> Innermost planet sued by Disney

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Cool rock alert! Yestersol (sol 1531), the Mars Perseverance Rover checked out this interesting light toned rock as part of a multispectral MastCam-Z observation. flic.kr/p/2raccJZ

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I’m thinking this one is anorthosite with some dark green augite in the mix. Tons of anorthosite up in Soledad Canyon, so that makes sense. Makes it between 600 million and 1.2 billion years old.

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A Sol 874 WATSON image of Pilot Mountain, a sandstone rock within Jezero Crater. Small sand-sized grains of water-altered crystalline olivine (light green) and augite can be seen. White balanced. Camera standoff was 4cm. flic.kr/p/2ra6H5c

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Some lava popping off in Kilauea at the moment: www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

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I was a Marine and trained in counter-protest/riot operations. We were not trained to be nice, we were trained only to shut that shit down. Deploying Marines into LA is extremely dangerous, unnecessary, and should never be used on U.S. soil.

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Sol 4564 MastCam image of the new “Altadena” drill hole from this weekend by the Mars Curiosity Rover. flic.kr/p/2r9VSuk

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Damn, my own bot poached my image before I was able to post it 😆

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Devers and the Red Sox are beating up on the Yankees. Love to see it!

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folks I've been tear gassed something like 200 times and maced at least fifty or so times. once i was soaked in mace to my underwear. ignore any neat scientific tricks people give you for beating this stuff -Water for tear gas -sudecon wipes for mace -if no sudecon, wash mace with water

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A fantastic view from the Mars Curiosity Rover using ChemCam looking towards the distant Yardang Unit. Taken this week on Sol 4562. flic.kr/p/2r9tnDZ

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That little shadow to the left is from Jupiter’s small moon Amalthea.

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Searching for a bedrock drill site in the Boxworks area: Two MAHLI close up images of a potential drilling location in boxwork bedrock. Nice flat red rock with white mineral veins passing though. Images taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on Sol 4561. flic.kr/p/2r9bhzo flic.kr/p/2r9bhzD

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Serpentinite is the state rock of California. True to form, I found some walking into JPL this morning.

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New abrasion patch drill hole by the Mars Perseverance Rover on Sol 1525, imaged by WATSON on Sol 1524. White balanced. flic.kr/p/2r9c82u

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Sol 4560 MastCam mosaic looking towards the lower boxworks structures near the Mars Curiosity Rover. flic.kr/p/2r99xpa

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Augite? Some kind of green agate? It’s pretty crumbly and was found among basalt/andesitic lavas. What am I dealing with here?

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Closeup MAHLI inspection of mineral-filled rock fractures. Area pre-cleared of dust with the DRT brush. Taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on Sol 4559. flic.kr/p/2r8V21b

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Lava starting to pop in Kilauea www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

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Some interesting rocks imaged as part of a multispectral observation by the Mars Perseverance Rover on Sol 1424 (tosol). flic.kr/p/2r8PnM2

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Sol 4558 MastCam mosaic of an area near the Mars Curiosity Rover this weekend. The shadow is from the outstretched arm. I’m also wondering what’s going on with that little oval spot… flic.kr/p/2r8FBa2

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