I don't know for sure. If I comment that there is no data on Twitter I get a bunch of worried replies, so i was really heading that off as there is no reason to be concerned.

Circumstantial evidence that Oppy is OK:
1) We've seen data/images drop out many times before.
2) Recent comments on Twitter from insiders have sounded routine and unconcerned.
3) There are old images/data downlinked on recent sols.
4) New sequences are appearing in the tracking database (all be it just tau obs)
5) There are a bunch of 'Unexpected sequences' in the on board data list (which implies that the rover has sent data that the database had not been told about, i.e. ground data is missing, rover data fine)

Closing in on Wdowiak Ridge!

Did anyone else get a feeling of deja-vu when seeing the navcams yesterday?

The sol 3744 drive starts the climb of Cape tribulation. Time for a new thread.

The ~85m drive on sol 3744 was uphill, starting the long climb of Cape Tribulation.

The sol 3744 Drive:



Puts Opportunity about here on a plot with colour for elevation:



The view ahead:

I'm assuming that when they say backup computer they are referring to 'A'. The 'B' side has been the primary since around sol 200.

Phil, I think that Cape Denbigh should be on the SE side of Oppy. Assuming I'm not mistaken in the labelled MP screen-grab I posted to Twitter yesterday.

https://twitter.com/nivnac/status/478635677060710401

Here is the full L456 mosaic of Lunokhod 2 Crater (it's been a long time since I've done this, I'm rather out of practice!)

I think you are right Phil. Based on the pointing data I beleve it's the blocky nearby one.

So if we assume that tau is unlikely to be really as low as 0.2 then does that imply a Pancam cleaning event?

Yay! I was hoping that this drive would finally reveal it and there it is. Nice to see where we're going.

Peter Grindrod has a great GIF on his blog showing this.

Our first UMSF banner, post mer.rlproject was acutally:

The earliest snapshot in the internet archive is from the 20th Feb 2004 - 12 days in. Banner is lost, but here is a screen-grab. So many memories.

According to Horizons it will be on 4th November 2015, at 05:22 UTC in the Eastern US, 05:23 in the UK and Western US, three minutes later still in Australia.

The first of Phil's polar images gives a real sense of the slope Oppy is on. Staring at it in my half awake Monday morning state, I get a real feeling that I may fall off the top of the rover and roll down Solander Point.

The above is the latest 'Drive Direction' mosaic, with any luck Oppy will be driving that way in the next few hours (unless tosols drive is just a bump).

Now THAT is how colourisation should be done! Awesome work Damia!

FYI. I'm finding the mobile video stream from spaceflightnow much more reliable than the desktop feed which was very glitchy for me.

2 mins ...

Yeah, this type of localization really helps.

The best example of this if the famous 'alan is lost' Spirit route maps of the inner basin:

e.g.



http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ost&p=44626

Oh My! That is astonishing. New desktop here as well.

Quick look, crop and 200% of the red channel of image 1

Looks like Opportunity had a go at taking a navcam image of ISON yestersol (3441). No images available yet though.

I don't think that the < 12th Dec (Station 5) is necessarily the spot for the whole winter. With such a large expanse of northern facing slopes I was under the impression that Oppy would inch her way up Solander Point rather than staying in one place. They want to be at that location before 12th December but could easily be up near your dot by the end of winter.