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On this two sol-planning day, the Curiosity science team logged in and found ourselves face to face with \u2018Pinnacle Ridge\u2019 (pictured above), part of the upper Gediz Vallis Ridge (uGVR). We saw two types of rocks in our workspace: light-toned layered rocks and darker toned rocks. Rocks that look this different are very exciting to a geologist\u2019s eye \u2013 it means the rocks could have been formed in different environments, and could be made of different things… so how did these two types of rock end up next to each other? That\u2019s for our clever team of scientists to work out, and we need our full suite of instruments to do that. Unfortunately, one of Curiosity\u2019s wheels wasn\u2019t on firm ground so we couldn\u2019t safely unstow the arm, but these rocks are so exciting, we decided to scoot backwards about 15 cm to readjust the wheels so we can hopefully get full contact science on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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