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This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3672. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Download image ›

Kristen Bennett is a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon and Mars using NASA spacecraft.

Image showing IAU-approved nomenclature for surface features on asteroid Didymos

Image showing IAU-approved nomenclature for surface features on asteroid Dimophos

Staff profile photo for Sonya Bogle - photo is owned by Sonya Bogle and free for USGS use.

USGS SIM 3489: Geologic Map of MTM −10022 and −15022 Quadrangles, Morava Valles and Margaritifer Basin, Mars

By: Sharon A. Wilson, John A. Grant, and Kevin K. Williams

the Virtual MRCTR lab is available for GIS and planetary mapping support every Wednesday from 9 am - 12 pm pacific time

Originally posted on the raw images page for the Curiosity Mars rover. Description from that page: This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3556 (2022-08-07 22:18:18 UTC).

This image is the front of a poster made by NASA to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars. The original poster is available from NASA here.

NASA's original text is copied below:

Image from Left Navigation Camera onboard Curiosity, on Sol 3536. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

This image was taken by Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3513 (2022-06-24 15:35:54 UTC).

This image was taken by Front Hazard Avoidance Camera (Front Hazcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3512 (2022-06-23 19:00:25 UTC).

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, on June 22, 2022, Sol 3511 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission, at 16:46:15 UTC.

In the photo, Glen, Greg, and Tim are monitoring the equipment. Under the cover, the thermal camera is observing the outcrop, with solar panels powering that camera and our computers.

Figure from the Planetary Defense Conference Abstract showing the potential dispersal of asteroid outfall from an impact in Colorado.

Partial view of the "NightVisions: Cultural Interpretations of the Night Sky" exhibit in honor of Carolyn Shoemaker.

Illustration of Earth (left) and asteroid Eros (right), with a starry space background. Photo Credit: NASA

A simple esker that was recently exposed near the ice margin in Iceland. 

Lauren Edgar, a research geologist with the USGS Astrogeology Science Center, setting up a Terrestrial Laser Scanner (ground-based LiDAR) to acquire detailed topographic information for a complex esker system. The Breiðamerkurjökull glacier is visible in the background.

Lauren Edgar, a research geologist with the USGS Astrogeology Science Center, uses a hand lens to identify minerals in a sample from a complex esker in Iceland. 

Researchers from the USGS, NASA, and NAU gather around a small simple esker and ephemeral lake deposits.  The team used sedimentology, geochemistry, and remote sensing to characterize these features on Earth before comparing them to Mars.