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Post Solar Conjunction/Santorini Study Drive, The second leg in our Journey to Endeavor Crater
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post Apr 7 2009, 07:18 AM
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I think you're seeing the the bottom sandwich layer of the solar panel...
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post Apr 7 2009, 07:54 AM
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QUOTE (remcook @ Apr 7 2009, 02:18 AM) *
I think you're seeing the the bottom sandwich layer of the solar panel...

Here's a shot (on right) from Spirit's sol 1841 that shows some structure between the two layers.

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post Apr 7 2009, 02:02 PM
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Also, by comparing these two images, you can see that the shadow isn't on the ground, if that's what you were thinking:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...E0P2265R7M1.JPG
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...E0P2265R7M1.JPG
The shadow stays with the panels as the point of view changes (as pancam changes its pointing direction); it doesn't stay with the ground.
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post Apr 7 2009, 03:08 PM
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Thanks all for the explanations. Just never noticed the solar panels were layered.


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