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 Sep 28 2007, 11:37 PM
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QUOTE (dburt @ Sep 28 2007, 04:55 PM)  You can see practically anything you're looking for. Good point, I have to admit I was looking for bomb sag when I saw those (though I don't expect it on top of home plate). It is hard to be impartial! -Kung -------------------- |
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Sep 29 2007, 06:52 AM
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If my maths are correct, today, Spirit complete her second year on Mars.
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Sep 29 2007, 03:23 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Sep 29 2007, 01:52 AM) If my maths are correct I got 1338 (1+ 2*668.5991=1338.1982) for the second anniversary, tosol is 1329. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars What source are you using for the number of sols in a year? |
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Sep 30 2007, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Spirit's planned winter haven is mentioned in latest Planetary society MER update:
QUOTE the current hope, said Squyres, "is that we will finish up at Home Plate and move in a sprightly fashion to the von Braun-Goddard regions with the intention of somewhere in there being our winter over spot." http://www.planetary.org/news/2007/0930_Ma...ate_Spirit.htmlI assume Goddard is the the 'crater' on the east side of Von Braun
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Oct 1 2007, 12:13 AM
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Yep, that's Goddard: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/gallery/press...nnotated_br.jpg
That's a pretty exciting plan for Spirit's future. I've been very eager to get a close look at Von Braun and Goddard. The distance isn't bad at all, considering our last drive, but let's hope the surface is traversable and not a big sand trap. |
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Oct 1 2007, 11:51 AM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
LOVE it when Spirit shows us the jagged rocks on the side of the hills...
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Oct 2 2007, 08:57 AM
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Love when Stu post lovely pictures of rocks on the side of the hills.
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Oct 2 2007, 09:07 PM
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Spirit sol 1330 colorized MI panorama of "Texas Chili":
 with links to location and original panorama which has links to 3D pairs. |
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Oct 2 2007, 10:14 PM
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QUOTE (hortonheardawho @ Oct 2 2007, 11:07 AM) Spirit sol 1330 colorized MI panorama of "Texas Chili": Hot diggity! And what are the little red blotches? Chili peppers? Paprika? 
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Oct 2 2007, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE (Shaka @ Oct 2 2007, 06:14 PM) Hot diggity! And what are the little red blotches? Chili peppers? Paprika? Er, the red spots are most likely imaging artifacts caused by interpolation and registration of a tiny piece of a pancam image with a MI panorama. But there is a small quantum mechanical like probability that it is chili pepper flakes -- freeze dried. The image colors are only a hint of what might be. |
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Oct 3 2007, 04:51 AM
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Some new marks are visible on Spirit's panels in the new navcams. Look especially near the bottom of this frame:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...AQP0516R0M1.JPG Compare with this frame from sol 1221: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...I4P0165R0M1.JPG Perhaps this happened during the dust storm? |
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Oct 3 2007, 09:57 AM
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Spirit moved south to a new site during sol 1332 and here are the latest navcams.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2007-10-03/ Once again, lots of layering around.
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Oct 3 2007, 03:45 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
... lots more detail visible on them thar hills on the horizon too... air must be a lot clearer at last...
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Oct 4 2007, 04:23 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 2 2007, 11:51 PM) Some new marks are visible on Spirit's panels in the new navcams. Look especially near the bottom of this frame: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...AQP0516R0M1.JPG Compare with this frame from sol 1221: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...I4P0165R0M1.JPG Perhaps this happened during the dust storm? Yikes! Are those clumps of dust that aggregated during the Storm, or are they something more heinous? My kingdom for a DustBuster™! |
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Oct 4 2007, 06:36 PM
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A panoramic view taken on Sol 1323, Sol 1325 and Sol 1331
with the R0 Navcam. jvandriel
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