Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint |
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 Apr 29 2010, 04:21 PM
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Apr 29 2010, 06:25 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Er guys...? Guys..? What's that, over there, on the right..?
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Apr 29 2010, 06:45 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 29 2010, 11:25 AM)  What's that, over there, on the right..? An excuse for four to six days of wheel rest? -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Apr 29 2010, 06:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 29 2010, 09:13 AM) Back to "business". ... and in the rear-looking FHazcam, San Antonio shows in the northern horiziin. http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...B5P1211L0M1.JPG Good progress. --Bill -------------------- |
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Apr 29 2010, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 29 2010, 07:25 PM) Er guys...? Guys..? What's that, over there, on the right..? Hard to tell yet, but there's a multi-filter pancam view from 2220 that shows it at slightly better resolution: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...1M1.JPG?sol2220 http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...2M1.JPG?sol2220 (Bill, I think we're just seeing pretty local dunes in that fhaz view.) |
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Apr 29 2010, 07:24 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 29 2010, 07:45 PM) An excuse for four to six days of wheel rest? Genius... -------------------- |
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Apr 29 2010, 07:49 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Slightly better view...
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Apr 29 2010, 07:57 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 29 2010, 01:25 PM) Er guys...? Guys..? What's that, over there, on the right..? Er guys...? What's that, over there, on the left, on the horizon...? An excuse for 4 to 6 months of steady driving? 
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Apr 29 2010, 07:57 PM
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Meh - just a rock...
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Apr 29 2010, 08:26 PM
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"just a rock..."
Bite yo tongue... Rockses is good. We're starting to see some differences during this (nominal) eastward journey. Changes in the dune morphology. A slight trend towards smaller Blueberry diameters. And with the last couple of stops, the bedrock has changed. Instead of the usual wind-rounded, polygonal paving stones we are seing finely-layered, freshly eroded surface with angular intersecting fractures. I don't see anything suggesting a buried crater, so this may not be a local change. We'll keep an eye out. An L257 Pancam from Sol 2224:
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Apr 29 2010, 08:31 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Whenever I read "It's just a rock" I always think "But it's a rock ON MARS...!!"
Each rock is an amazing thing, a little piece of an alien world that will, in all likelyhood, not be seen, or examined again, for what, another half a century at the earliest? Each rock has its own history, it's own journey, its own secrets, and is where it is for a reason. So personally I'm happy every time I see one of them just sitting there, out in the Big Country desert of Meridiani. Every rock is a potential treasure chest; we just need to find the right key to open it up
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Apr 29 2010, 08:38 PM
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Yeah, yeah, I know. I just wanna drive!
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Apr 29 2010, 08:48 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Patient, you must be. Hills: far away are. Rush, there is not.
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Apr 29 2010, 09:53 PM
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Drive we are. But she has to stop every few days to rest the balky motor and replenish the accumulators, so we might as well rest in a useful spot.
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Apr 29 2010, 10:55 PM
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Rush, there is...
"Gold" ahead in them thar ramparts... drive we must. |
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