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Duck Bay

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Oct 1 2006, 06:18 AM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	This isn't as good a Phil's as I've just upped the brightness/contrast in the shadowed regions and haven't reprocessed from scratch, but it is in colour. James
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Duck Bay

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 30 2006, 11:34 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Looks like I'm a bit late, so many great efforts already! James
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First pictures

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 30 2006, 12:19 AM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Another way of looking at it: MRO will see Victoria's far rim nearly as well as Oppy can! The resolution of Oppy's pancam on the far rim of Victoria is about 22cm/pixel - pretty comparable with the 30cm/pixel from MRO. James
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Duck Bay

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 30 2006, 12:01 AM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Off toward Cape Verde tomorrosol (955). CODE 955 p0655.03 10 0 0 10 0 20 navcam_5x1_az_90_3_bpp 955 p1151.04 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_hazcam_idd_unstow_doc 955 p1154.01 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_hazcam_idd_unstow_doc 955 p1201.06 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_haz_penultimate_1bpp_pri34 955 p1212.09 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_haz_ultimate_2_bpp_pri15 955 p1301.05 2 0 0 2 0 4 rear_haz_penultimate_1bpp_pri34 955 p1311.07 2 0 0 2 0 4 rear_haz_ultimate_1_bpp_crit15 955 p1585.00 4 0 4 0 0 8 navcam_cloud_4x1_dwnsmp_RVRAz_calstart 955 p1955.02 10 0 0 10 0 20 navcam_5x1_az_270_1_bpp 955 p2111.05 13 13 0 0 2 28 pancam_cal_targ_L234567Rall 955 p2588.16 13 13 0 0 2 28 pancam_cape_verde_maio_L234567Rall
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Getting to 'Big Crater'

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 29 2006, 11:28 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 30 2006, 12:09 AM) And the details are starting to show up...Priceless... : I haven't got time to do the maths but from previous work I would bet that your match is wrong. I think we're looking at a much smaller part of the rim. I would guess that the whole feature is between your rightmost two circles. Tim, thanks for the reply. Now you mention it those do 'look' further. Is there any way of estimating the distance based on how 'hazy' the hills look and the atmospheric Tau? James
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First pictures

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 29 2006, 11:05 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Wow! I can't beleve that that image is only 600m x 400m on the ground! James
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Duck Bay

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 29 2006, 01:10 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	The rear hazcam is from yestersol and the 3 navcams are from tosol but just to complete the 360 from this location. No driving tosol, it's pancams we're waiting for tosol!
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Victoria in One Word or Sentence

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 29 2006, 01:02 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Very poetic Doug, great words. "adventure of a lifetime": It truly had been, and still is. I don't believe there will be anything like MER again, MSL will be great but I don't expect it to be the same. Not only have the rovers pioneered the exploration of Mars in a way never seem before, but as they have done so we have constantly pioneered new ways to follow them on there journey. I often look back at old threads in this forum and am always amazed at how things have changed. The creativity and ingenuity of people here has been just mind blowing at times. I feel totally privileged to have been part of it, it's been as much of a journey for me as it has for our two intrepid friends on Mars. Long may it continue... James
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The Far Rim

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Posted on: Sep 29 2006, 12:03 AM

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Since the main Victoria thread is now explicitly about Duck Bay and the surrounds here is another for far rim discussions.

Quite a bit more has been revealed after the last drives. Here's the MOC/Navcam match.

James

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Pool: Arrival at Victoria

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 11:08 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	And a special mention to Ilbasso who in the original pool some 14 months ago was the closest (875). Not only that, but if you discount the 80 sols we spent at Erebus (651 - 731, the first 'real' drive) he was only 3 sols out!
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Pinned: Opportunity Route Map

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Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 10:37 PM

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No doubt about the sol 952 position!

Officially arrived at Victoria!

James

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Duck Bay

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 10:31 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Good call Doug. Horay we've arrived! ...21 sols off, dammit! I agree, it must be 7x2, 14x1 (>180) would overlap with a lot of the cape images from 952
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Duck Bay

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 09:35 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	14 pointing colour pancam mosaic of Duck Bay up for tosol! And does the "1" mean that there is more to come? Could this be an 'arrival' pan afterall? CODE 953 p2390.08 84 0 0 84 4 172 pancam_duck_bay_1_L256R267 Great work everyone shame I missed the party. Hopefully we'll get some colour later. James
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Final Approach

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 12:42 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Edging a little closer... http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...EVP1212L0M1.JPG
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Final Approach

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 12:39 AM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Tosols pancam plan: CODE 952 p2388.08 16 0 0 16 2 34 pancam_cabo_frio_L257R1 952 p2389.08 16 0 0 16 2 34 pancam_cape_verde_L257R1 4 pointing (2x2?) colour mosaic of each cape - yummy! James
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Final Approach

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 12:37 AM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	QUOTE (diane @ Sep 28 2006, 10:28 AM) (What time-of-sol does Oppy normally shoot her photos, by the way?) Yestersol the navcams were started at 13:34 LST and the pancams at 13:37 so yes the sun would have been much higher in the sky. But that's not the point I love the shots with the sun added, lens flare and all, good work Stu.
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Victoria in One Word or Sentence

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 28 2006, 12:04 AM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	QUOTE (David @ Sep 28 2006, 09:34 AM) I'm really glad that Opportunity picked a small crater to land in! Can you imagine how quickly the swear jar would have filled up if the first images from Oppy had been from the centre of Victoria looking up at all these cliffs! Everybody went nuts for just a couple of inches of outcrop as it was! btw, yes I am aware that we are well outside the landing ellipse and this never could have happened. But just imagine! James
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Pinned: Midnight Mars Browser

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 27 2006, 11:29 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	Cheers Mike, that was quick, what with us all gawping at Vicky I didn't expect it for a while. The export pan function is really handy for making the 'North at the top' polars for route map plotting. Last time I filled in for Tesheiner, making those by hand was a pain. In fact I was close to writing my own utility to write pan project files from the tracking data. James
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Posted on: Sep 27 2006, 11:22 PM

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I could really have done with one extra navcam frame left and right but here is my best guess at the sol 951 position.

James

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Victoria in One Word or Sentence

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 27 2006, 01:50 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	It looks just like I imagined, only much more awesome.
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Final Approach

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 27 2006, 01:09 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 27 2006, 10:53 PM) The side just touching Cabo Frio, yes. But look to the ramp just starting at the right side of the image; it seems to be fine and not very steep. Yeah I saw your first post after posting mine - I see what you mean, could be OK, I'll have to do some maths tomorrow I think!
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Final Approach

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Posted on: Sep 27 2006, 01:06 PM

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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 27 2006, 10:53 PM)

I guess no one can see my posts

Oops sorry, did you say something similar? - it hard to keep up at the moment!

Here are the three navcams stitched with the MOC comparison.

James

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Final Approach

jamescanvin View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Posted on: Sep 27 2006, 12:48 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16	http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...EKP0673R0M1.JPG <clink> Wow, the right side of Duck Bay is steep, that isn't the 18 degrees that we measured on the other side! I'm no expert, but it seems to me that if the prevailing winds come from the south (as the dark streaks on the north suggest) then it makes sense that the exposed south facing rim would be steeper. James
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