From Concepción to the "Twin Craters", and beyond... |
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 Apr 1 2010, 08:52 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253  |
I have this point in mind as the next "waypoint". It's about 500m from our current position.
There's no special feature at that location, no crater. But if we trust the route plan, that point is, more or less, where we start moving almost due east because we leave behind the ripple fields (you can see those fields NE of that point). ADMIN: If you want to start a new topic, just call it "Next Waypoint" and we can change the title later once it has some name. |
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Apr 1 2010, 09:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 507 Joined: 10-September 08 Member No.: 4338 |
I don't think we have yet seen the pancam images from Sol 2197. The exploratorium site seems to be downloading old images from Sol 1931 and the jpl site only shows pancams up to 2196. Can we "get Scotty to kick the engines" on the downloads?
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Apr 1 2010, 10:12 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
While we all wait for the latest images, why not read AJS Rayl's latest superb MER update over on the Planetary Society's blog:
http://www.planetary.org/news/2010/0331_Ma...ate_Spirit.html -------------------- |
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Apr 2 2010, 01:54 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Nice Stu!
(nudge, nudge.. Hey I know that Stuart Atkinson guy. No seriously, we are old pals, had a couple of beers one night after nearly getting mugged in downtown L.A., we go way back.) -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Apr 2 2010, 02:06 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Oh, yeah, I remember that night. You guys were annoyingly fast on your feet!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Apr 2 2010, 05:21 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
 We didn't have enough beers, Dan, just cos S & I were both shattered with delayed jet lag. Will have to have a proper night next time we're over there. -------------------- |
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Apr 3 2010, 03:53 PM
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oops - caught out by not paying attention to image dates - post removed.
-------------------- Protein structures and Mars fun - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick960/
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Apr 3 2010, 04:32 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
That's one of the very old images that's reappeared on exploratorium. It's from sol 1931, way back at Absecon/Reeds Bay.
You can easily check the dates yourself using the excellent filename website: http://www.greuti.ch/oppy/html/filenames_ltst.htm |
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Apr 3 2010, 04:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
QUOTE parting shot of the regolith (or is soil?) Good question.A regolith is a debris layer of rock and mineral fragments, produced by the physical or mechanical break-up of the parent rock. A soil, OTOH, is a mixture of rock and mineral particles mixed with organic matter. In my mind, a soil carries with it the implication of chemical weathering in addition to physical weathering. On Mars we have seen the suggestions of chemical weathering in the surface, but no organic component. So what would the proper term be? It's more than a simple regolith, but not a full-fledged soil. --Bill -------------------- |
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Apr 6 2010, 07:26 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Quick n dirty and coloured-in panorama of last San Antonio images...
Larger version: http://twitpic.com/1dks4s/full And some more recent pictures here... http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2010/...ell-san-antonio -------------------- |
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Apr 6 2010, 10:14 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Sol 2198 L2 pan of San Antonio
  Link to some driving directions. Stu, beautiful productions as usual .
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Apr 8 2010, 09:34 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
A bit of catchup.
Here are all the R21 colour drive direction mosaics from the drive between Concepción and San Antonio.  James -------------------- |
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Apr 13 2010, 12:52 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
From the latest batch on Exploratorium, a bit of a belated offering from Sol2196.
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Apr 13 2010, 01:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
QUOTE (Astro0 @ Apr 13 2010, 02:52 PM)  From the latest batch on Exploratorium, A really beautiful panorama with perfectly seamless stitching again, thanks ! |
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Apr 13 2010, 02:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Sol 2198 updated version (colors) of the pan of San Antonio :
 Just the horizon part because the bellow part is filled with a lot of black area. -------------------- |
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