I think it's time for a new topic. We are effectively at the entrance to Gediz Vallis now that we have climbed this last slope on sol 3871.
The previous topic described the Greenheugh Pediment. We made a valiant attempt (two valiant attempts really) to explore its surface. It was too rough for Curiosity's dainty wheels but its outer edge was examined in detail. But now there are new targets: a crater cluster, the Gediz Vallis Ridge whose upper part is accessible from this level, and the large valley and its central sinuous valley as well.
I attached a picture seen at LPSC - I am embarrassed to say that I can't remember where it was from. Usually I have detailed notes of sources but this one slipped through. Maybe someone will recognize it and I can add a source. It gives the name of the butte at the western entrance to the valley, annotated onto the JPL map.
Phil
Indeed quite the vista unfolding as Phil described. Here's a sequence of drives that topped the ridge by going through the area of the double alcove, using official mosaics between Sols 3860 and 3873.
Been a while since we saw a wheel check (due to difficult terrain)
This is 1 of 20 wheel inspection MAHLI's acquired on Sol 3878.
This is the worst of the images, but a frightening amount of damage to the most damaged wheel. No wonder the rover planners have worked to avoid crossing any terrain with pointy rock surfaces. With three adjacent grouser bars Brocken or missing in the image, I wonder how close to failure this wheel is and how much more damage it can accumulate and still keep on trucking
Thanks Fred. I must have missed the 3492 image. It is reassuring that it is basically unchanged over that length of time.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232870
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Latest drive back more to the southwest using official mosaics for Sols 3873 and 3880.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232878
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232888
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232887
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Jan's panorama for sol 3880 in circular form. That's one rocky surface. Curiosity will have to tiptoe through it.
Phil
Latest drives are westward using official mosaics between Sols 3880 and 3887.
Jan's panoramas for sols 3885 and 3887 in circular form.
Phil
3885:
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232944
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232956
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This is Jan's sol 3890 panorama in circular form. As Nogal said in the map thread, the craters are hard to discern, but they would show up better with more oblique illumination.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232963
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The "craters" rather subdued in images from rover vs images from satellites.
Only the smallest and closest craters are visible right now. Here they are:
And here is Jan's panorama for sol 3892 in circular form.
Phil
Such a fascinating site!
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232971
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232973
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232982
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Latest drives are westward and slightly upward while traversing the slope using official mosaics between Sols 3887 and 3894.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/232999
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233003
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233005
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Probably three major influences once water permanently dried up and deposition gave way to deflation. Significant thermal variation daily causing cracking, wind erosion and gravity. All acting over billions of years in a benign environment.
Jan's panorama for sol 3897 in circular form. Getting close to a crater.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233022
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Jan's recent panoramas in circular form"
3898:
Latest drives are WSW towards the craters then turning SSE using official mosaics between Sols 3894 and 3901.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233091
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233093
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233095
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233096
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233097
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Latest drives are to the SE, here using official mosaics from Sols 3901 and 3904 with the best horizon coverage.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233104
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/229851
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233109
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233107
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233108
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233115
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Jan's panorama for sol 3910 in circular form - I have been too busy to catch up with all the drives.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233127
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233130
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233131
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233134
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Jan's panorama for sol 3912 in circular form. Now it looks like a straightforward drive to the base of the Gediz Vallis Ridge, only about 60 m away.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233143
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233144
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233145
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233148
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Latest drives are to the SSE, animated here using official mosaics between Sols 3904 and 3914. The route has been traversing the local slope somewhat with a gradual climb. A more direct steeper climb would be towards the closest part of the Gediz Vallis ridge seen rising above the SW horizon.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233160
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Latest drive is to the SW, animated here using official mosaics from Sols 3914 and 3917. This is a more direct climb towards the closest part of the Gediz Vallis ridge seen rising above the SW horizon. One can see the gain in elevation relative to the layers at the base of Kukenan located to the east.
Jan's panorama for sol 3914 in circular form. Getting close to the ridge now, and a good view of the sandy valley just NE of the rover.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233167
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233168
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233169
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233170
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233174
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Jan's panorama for sol 3917 in circular form. The ridge is very close now.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233177
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233178
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Sol 3919, Jan's panorama in circular form - right on the edge of the ridge. After this is explored, the next step is probably to go south east to the area about 400 m away where the ridge appears to nearly fill a sinuous valley on the floor of the larger Gediz Vallis. A place which has intrigued me since before the landing.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233189
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233190
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233191
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233195
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Latest drives to the base of the ridge and change in color as Phil mentioned, animated using official mosaics between 3917 and 3921. Here is a recent https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFMEP36C..04H/abstract and https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023LPICo2806.1355W/abstract about the Gediz Vallis system and ridge we are arriving at. The route ahead also looks to optimize passage through areas with https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023LPICo2806.1502F/abstract.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233201
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233206
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233215
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This is Jan's panorama for sol 3924 in circular form. The tilt makes the reprojection difficult and efforts to correct for it make the central area more distorted than they should be.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233241
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233242
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233245
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233249
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233252
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233255
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233268
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The Mastcam L view taken on Sol 3923 in another direction.
Jan van Driel
Gigapan - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/HlbkhDfLFFYWw0qn?x1=20773.50&y1=-13656.00&res1=29.02&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233312
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233338
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The Road Ahead on Sol 3938.
The Navcam R view.
Jan van Driel
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233354
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The complete Navcam R view taken on Sol 3938.
Jan van Driel
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233379
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Catching up... here is Jan's panorama for sol 3941 in circular form. Coming round the corner into the big valley.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233381
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233385
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233404
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233406
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That is spectacular! Thanks.
Here is Jan's panorama for sol 3944 in circular form.
Phil
Some of the latest drives to the southeast animated using official mosaics between 3921 and 3944.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233409
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233414
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This image is a bit of an experiment - I used the JPL mosaic for sol 3946 to make a circular projection. I don't really like the JPL mosaics because they have visible seams in places and this one had low contrast which I had to boost quite a bit. I didn't use Jan's this time because he used a filter of some kind on it which I think makes it less appealing - it erases a lot of fine detail.
Anyway, sol 3946, moving closer to the valley.
Phil
The latest drives continuing southeast animated using official mosaics between 3944 and 3948. Aiming towards the curve in the race track pattern.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233449
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233450
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233451
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233457
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233461
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Would be really interesting if they could get some laser chemistry sampling of that section of sand crust that is still in shadow...
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233473
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233474
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The two latest drives between 3948 and 3955 animated using official mosaics. We continue aiming southeast towards the curve in the race track pattern. Some of the layers in the race track pattern can be spotted even at a relatively close range to the SW. Phil's perspective images really helped alert me to this. The horizon is gradually lowering in the SW, though the two hilltops behind the ridge remain hidden.
Lots of resistant dark plates. Are they resistant layers laid down, or fracture intrusions generated later? Can someone with a background in geology tell us about what we see here?
Assuming you're referring to charborob's image, the flaky sheets here are mostly original sedimentary layers, rather than later filled fractures.
John
Thanks John--any information on why the resistant layers are darker and more abrasion resistant than the other sedimentary layers. Has composition been revealed?
Floyd
Floyd, the darker erosion resistant laminations would possibly be a change to the sediment supply. For instance volcanic ash or a dust storm. Alternatively, assuming surface water interaction, chemical sedimentation from a short term change in temperature or pH. But there are a couple of examples in the image of dark, erosion resist plates perpendicular to laminations which would be fracture fill.
Thanks Serpens. One of the elements of this forum I really enjoy is when experts jump in and provide information to help us non-expert understand what we are seeing in the images.
The two latest drives between 3955 and 3960 animated using official mosaics. We continue aiming southeast towards a kink in the curve in the race track pattern. Some of the race track layers can be spotted even at a relatively close range. The horizon is gradually lowering in the SW, with one low hilltop starting to emerge.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233553
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233554
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233566
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233568
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233569
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The latest drive animated using official mosaics from Sol 3960 and 3967. We continue southward generally towards a kink in the curve in the race track pattern. Some of the race track layers can be spotted even at a relatively close range.
GIGAmacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/5AMoj6osxcxVQBGg?x1=24736.50&y1=-7139.50&res1=25.77&rot1=0.00
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This is Jan's panorama for sol 3969 in circular form.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233612
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233620
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233623
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233630
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The latest drives animated using official mosaics from Sol 3967 and 3974. We continue southward generally towards a kink in the curve in the race track pattern. We're starting to pass through some of the race track layers.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233638
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233639
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233648
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Sol 3979 Rmastcam. Notice, in the upper part of the image, the plate that almost seems to hover in the air.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233684
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233708
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233710
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Orinoco and and the side of Kukenán hill, imaged with Mastcam Right on sol 3984 at 11:04 LMST.
https://flic.kr/p/2pbqMcc
This is Jan's panorama for sol 3974 in circular form - our current position.
Phil
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233743
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233764
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233772
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Some of these look like Star Destroyer models.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233801
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233880
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233882
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233899
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As we are getting close we could have another look from sol 1356
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233905
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233911
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On the road again.
The Navcam R view on Sol 4028.
Jan van Driel
Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233919
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The latest drives animated using official mosaics between Sol 3974 and 4030. We resume moving SE generally towards a kink in the curve in the race track pattern. There is a large foreshortened hill at 180 degrees azimuth. Some features are just gradually becoming visible to its right at 190 azimuth. There are more distant features one can discern to its left around 170 azimuth.
Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233923
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233924
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233925
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This is Jan's sol 4030 panorama in circular form. Very slowly tiptoeing up this hill.
Phil
Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233941
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233942
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233943
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The latest drives animated using official mosaics between Sol 4030 and 4037. We are generally climbing SE towards a kink in the curve in the race track pattern. There is a large foreshortened hill at 180 degrees azimuth. Eventually we should travel far enough to see the two large hills hidden in the west, though this could wait until later on until we're close to the point of crossing the channel with raised the channel fill.
Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233954
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233955
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233957
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Some more vaguely hexagonal features from chemcam:
https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/04043/soas/rdr/ccam/CR0_756402015PRC_F1051030CCAM02043L1.PNG
Very nice RMI image! Thanks.
Here is Jan's panorama for sol 4042 in circular form. Creeping uphill.
Phil
The latest drives animated using official mosaics between Sol 4037 and 4044. We are climbing SE and approaching close to a kink in the curve in the race track pattern.
Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233964
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Gigapan - [url="http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233965"MSL 4041 MR[/url]
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233967
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233968
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Gigapan - http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233976
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Gigapan --- http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233981
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/DDma00wLpjLMfVks?x1=11563.50&y1=-3133.00&res1=12.05&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233986
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/VmFJ9AMg50ixDrba?x1=13463.50&y1=-9754.50&res1=21.00&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/233987
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/73svD74LBh9JSowR?x1=15997.50&y1=-9454.00&res1=20.35&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/233994
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/sadhYFJNaUTPxdNq?x1=11724.50&y1=-3460.50&res1=12.21&rot1=0.00
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The latest drives animated using official mosaics between Sol 4044 and 4057. We are climbing SE and approaching very close to a kink in the curve in the race track pattern.
Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234016
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/XWa8dMaJCw7Dp0HZ?x1=16600.50&y1=-4591.50&res1=17.29&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234015
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/O5VNIadZTGWmdOJi?x1=16827.00&y1=-4336.50&res1=17.53&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234017
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/itST4LyTihxhEEwb?x1=11331.50&y1=-7103.00&res1=15.46&rot1=0.00
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The Navcam R view on Sol 4060.
Very little movement.
Jan van Driel
Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234029
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/sENnNfoYW3p5mvoj?x1=36492.50&y1=-10053.50&res1=38.01&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234033
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/iGtE5kwfyt2rK3U1?x1=14982.00&y1=-8674.00&res1=18.88&rot1=0.00
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Handling error, I made the wrong discussion
I have been too busy to do many of these lately, but here is a circular view of Jan's panorama for sol 4062. All recent panoramas have looked similar as we move very slowly up this slope, but if you look closely you can see an intermediate horizon gradually rising below the distant landscape to the north. Eventually we will lose the view of Aeolis Palus for a little while.
Phil
Compared to what could be cross bedding in the exposure to the right.
Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234045
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/NhIuCcvPh7tXgKWa?x1=15538.50&y1=-9086.00&res1=19.77&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234047
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/HyTOz1XScQLxDbSl?x1=14843.00&y1=-6699.00&res1=15.46&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234048
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/sqIvg6dKkPankFTz?x1=13057.46&y1=-5363.24&res1=13.49&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234049
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/hlDHhnflFlideHzW?x1=23392.50&y1=-4947.00&res1=24.37&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234053
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/TC3PFisG8QyzEz3h?x1=20250.00&y1=-17074.50&res1=37.16&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234054
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/bxCUBfZPG4V25KSa?x1=7295.00&y1=-12042.00&res1=26.21&rot1=0.00
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This is Jan's sol 4068 panorama in circular form. Getting close to the top of this particular slope now.
Phil
Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234066
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/dbBtuTtfCGu6dRsK?x1=11301.50&y1=-4486.50&res1=11.77&rot1=0.00
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The latest drives animated using official mosaics between Sol 4057 and 4071. We're now pretty much on top of the kink in the curve of the race track pattern. This time we moved SE and then jogged to the E allowing the western horizon to lower just a bit. Not quite low enough to see the large butte-like hill hidden at about 260 degrees azimuth.
Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234083
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/D5tSBWPvaXWgyN7p?x1=45221.00&y1=-7721.00&res1=47.11&rot1=0.00
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Thanks, Jan... and here we are at the top of the tricky slope, on a more level area at the mouth of Gediz Vallis. Jan's sol 4076 panorama in circular form.
Phil
Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234085
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/PQCZwCTq1VFVDBgx?x1=15064.50&y1=-8736.00&res1=19.01&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234086
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/PjtVYCM6ukXs4Fz8?x1=28714.50&y1=-7131.00&res1=29.91&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234087
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/AnY9D2xYP5UZIepW?x1=15225.00&y1=-6664.50&res1=15.86&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234088
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/Ds10WbBW4sh3BIUU?x1=16748.50&y1=-13034.50&res1=28.37&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234089
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/I0o7Db3BF0oSRet8?x1=15094.50&y1=-13334.00&res1=29.02&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan --- http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/234099
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/RJmZ0oFv8EgQ0adg?x1=33305.50&y1=-15358.00&res1=34.69&rot1=0.00
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The latest drives animated using official mosaics between Sol 4071 and 4078. Quite a bit of motion to the south with some notable nearby rises in the terrain showing up at about 170 and 190 degrees azimuth. The mosaics are centered on due south (180).
Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234101
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/VYEn7u3j96C3L0Vq?x1=31216.00&y1=-11807.50&res1=32.52&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234100
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/yusWXyYoq5qdPoQU?x1=30201.00&y1=-5923.50&res1=31.46&rot1=0.00
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Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234102
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/NaizYuP4VC5GepDR?x1=20678.00&y1=-8061.50&res1=21.54&rot1=0.00
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More great images, Neville! The Gediz ridge / channel fill is tantalizingly close now- interesting how angular the rocks are within it.
John
Yes, spectacular images of a spectacular landscape. That ridge with its angular blocks looks more like a deposit emplaced by a sudden massive landslide rather than a continuous flow like a river, but the sinuous channel it almost fills suggests the opposite. Intriguing!
Phil
This is Jan's sol 4078 panorama in circular form. Coming up to the channel and ridge, something I have been looking forward to since the day of landing. Getting across that channel is going to be tricky, and will do more to shape the traverse than any other factor here.
Phil
The same for sol 4080, almost on the rim of the channel.
Phil
Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/234109
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GigaMacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/E34iyrOoRg2nsPVl?x1=9514.00&y1=-7913.00&res1=17.22&rot1=0.00
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