Spheres in the Sand

Written by Andrew Shumway, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Washington It is not common for a rover to spot nearly perfect spheres in the soil beneath its wheels. Over two decades ago, the Opportunity rover famously discovered spherules made of hematite (nicknamed “blueberries”) near its landing site in Meridiani Planum. More recently, the Perseverance […]

Broken Creek – and American HO layout.

 A quick nip down the road to the ever sunny Littlehampton to snap a layout for CM. Broken Creek is very much where my head is on layouts in general: one man build/operate, simple track plan, lots of detail without getting silly and sensibly resea…