Larry Crumpler
Larry Crumpler
Larry Crumpler is a geologist and volcanologist. He is Research Curator for Volcanology & Space Science at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, and a member of the Mars Exploration Rover science team. Larry's Lookout on Mars is named after him...
eruption last number since
If you look at the statistics, just the number of eruptions, there's an eruption every 3,000 to 5,000 years. Since the last one was 3,000 years ago, well ...
home opening view
We can see 'Home Plate' now as well. The view is really opening up,
created currently stage
It currently is in a stage where the eruptions wouldn't be as catastrophic as the eruptions that created it.
full good hill home hope image images move pathway peculiar possible resolution side south study summit
Then we may move to the south side of the summit to get a full resolution image of the basin to the south. We hope to study the peculiar feature, Home Plate, in the future, as well as get some good images of the possible pathway down the hill to the basin.
beforehand fire lots nice run toward
If it's a nice little fire fountain, I'd probably run toward it and take pictures. If it's more violent, you'll probably know about it beforehand because there will be lots of earthquakes.
applause round rover
A round of applause went up for the rover drivers.