Foreground on sol 3956

And in colour:

Speckled Hill taken on sol 3951.

It's on my list of things to looks at (along with a near infinite number of other things!)

The colour mosaic from sol 3946 to plan where to park for IDD work.



Tosols drive took us to here:

http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status_op...ll.html#sol3937

New Flight Software was uploaded on 3942, booted successfully on 3943 and a reformat was then planned. As those above have noticed it looks like that reformat has happened and the flash is now in use.

Some additions to the views on sols 3942 & 3943

South:


North East

Forgot to post these here last night:

Marathon Valley South


and added an extra frame to the North West view.

Here's mine. Part 1 apparently so I'm hoping for a lot more

I split the posts about airbrushed maps into a dedicated thread to save them getting lost here.

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=7974

Here is my version of the 3927 mosaic.

I posted the left most frame to Twitter last night.



However the next one to the right was missing so I didn't post the rest of the mosaic. I'll see what I can do later now that has been (mostly) filled in.

Sol 3921 Pancams in colour

Colour version of Astrolabe Crater



James

Yeah really looking forward to the summit pan, that should nail things down. I wonder how good the view will be though. I don't think the visibility is all that great, else I we should be able to see more of Miyamoto right now.

Yes I think that is the horizon feature charborob posted. Back in 2010 when we were looking at the 'Mule Ears' we didn't have a great view on that azimuth. It sits in a bit of a dip and we had a closeish horizon in that direction back then. Now it looks to be much more favourable. I don't think the azimuth is right to be the 'Mule Ears', if we got the ID right back in 2010 they should be about half a Pancam frame further to the right.

Based on the Azimuth and size I think it is probably this:

I'd be surprised if it was on 3862, Oppy was quite active that sol. Maybe 3865, there is nothing in the tracking database for that one.

EDIT. Furthermore, the tracking data says that on 3865 there was some old data sent down (from 3828) which if correct (and I understand this properly) implies that the flash hadn't been reformatted and was successfully mounted to enable access. Curious.

That is pretty tantalizing - someone definitely needs to dig out and process the PDS data.

Indeed. And a few sols ago Oppy took some images looking that way! I have been anxiously waiting for them to come down...

Well I think it's likely that the central hazy feature is Bopolu.

Dusting off my 'inverse polar' analysis with my id's of a couple of more nearby craters.

Surely that must be the divert manoeuvre that we see in the plot rather that the reaction from separation.

I imagine that there will be thermal issues even if they can somehow stay alive with such little power.

Green dot shows the original (1st landing) location does it not?

The current position does not look ideal from a power perspective. Hopefully rotation will still be possible to orientate the panels better.