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Glenelg, Mars (or ''Glenelg Intrigue'') is a location on Mars near the Mars Science Laboratory (''Curiosity rover'') landing site ("Bradbury Landing") in Gale Crater marked by a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain. The location was named ''Glenelg'' by NASA scientists for two reasons: all features in the immediate vicinity were given names associated with Yellowknife in northern Canada, and Glenelg is the name of a geological feature there. Furthermore, the name is a palindrome, and as the Curiosity rover will visit the location twice (once coming, and once going) this was an appealing feature for the name. The original Glenelg is a village in Scotland which on 20 October 2012 had a ceremony, including a live link to NASA, to celebrate their "(twinning )" with Glenelg on Mars. The trek to Glenelg will send the rover east-southeast of its landing site. One of the three types of terrain intersecting at Glenelg is layered bedrock, which is attractive as the first drilling target. == Images == Image:PIA17085-MarsCuriosityRover-TraverseMap-Sol351-20130801.jpg|First-Year & First-Mile (Traverse Map ) of the ''Curiosity'' rover on Mars (August 1, 2013) ((3-D )). Image:PIA16150 fig1-Mars Curiosity Rover-Glenelg Terrain.jpg|''Curiosity's'' view of the ''Glenelg Area'' – where three terrains merge (September 19, 2012). Image:PIA16237-MarsCuriosityRover-BurwashRock-20121029.jpg|"Burwash" rock on Mars - as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (October 29, 2012). Image:PIA16236-MarsCuriosityRover-EtThenRock-20121029.jpg|"Et-Then" rock on Mars - as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (October 29, 2012). Image:PIA16550-MarsCuriosityRover-ShalerOutcrop-20121207.jpg|"Shaler" rock outcrop near the ''Glenelg Area'' on Mars - as viewed by the MastCam on the Curiosity rover (December 7, 2012). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glenelg, Mars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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