Geomorphology of Gale Crater, Rock on! Options

[ngunn]

My favourite LPSC abstract (so far, I'm still reading) : http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j...d2k&cad=rja

[jmknapp]

In lieu of movement towards Mt. Sharp, here's an attempt at what a scene might look like from an aerial view when the rover gets there (anaglyph):



That's reprojected from a HiRISE image, using the digital terrain model on the HiRISE site. The location is in the large outflow channel that Curiosity may go up to get to the "non-conformity" boundary (at the upper left half of the image), looking kinda like lava flows.

[Fran Ontanaya]

Can this inconclusive blue green spotty pattern on CRISM where Curiosity has found carbonates be extrapolated to what is seen higher on Mount Sharp, past the blue and magenta sulfates (as seen here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-...le-crater.html)? It would be something if under the dust it was all phylosillicates, except for a sulfates apron.