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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Opportunity _ Canyon?

Posted by: imran Jan 30 2005, 07:26 AM

What's that interesting feature on the bottom right of the image? Looks like some sort of canyon and seems to be at least 35-40 km from our current position. Thanks to Marcia for posting this on the HZ Board.

http://s04.imagehost.org/view.php?image=/0887/merb_lz_sw_10m.jpg

Posted by: imran Feb 1 2005, 11:31 PM

Guess nobody knows or cares..

Posted by: dot.dk Feb 1 2005, 11:34 PM

No matter what it is I'm afraid our little rover will be to tired to ever get there

But maybe I'm wrong if they just keep

Posted by: tedstryk Feb 1 2005, 11:52 PM

Actually, I don't think anyone knows.

Posted by: Fred Feb 2 2005, 05:33 PM

Although it doesn't look like a crater, according to this image...

it looks like it's in the same place as one of the large craters

Posted by: Pando Feb 2 2005, 11:51 PM

Looking at it again, that does look like an eroded rim of a really old crater...

Posted by: imran Feb 3 2005, 02:25 AM

Wow that crater is almost buried! Based on that scale the distance to that "crater" rim is about 30 km. Assuming we drive 100 meters a day, that would take us 300 days to get there! Of course once we get to the etched terrain everything will come to a stand still. We can all dream right

Posted by: mook Feb 3 2005, 07:25 AM

And while we're in dreamland, how about that HUMUNGOUS crater to the southwest? I'd like to see the walls on that puppy....

Posted by: tedstryk Feb 3 2005, 03:13 PM

Looks to me to be about the same size as the other big crater. Just much, much fresher. I wonder, even if Oppy never dies, if it could make it there, as the ejecta blanket looks really rough.