The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
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The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
  Jul 10 2010, 04:38 PM
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Phil-O-VisionTM makes everything look like the Grand Tetons !
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Jul 10 2010, 04:59 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Yes, and it makes me wonder if Giacometti suffered from the same problem.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 10 2010, 09:02 PM
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Phil's Image reminded me of a place in California called The Trona Pinnacles
It's in The High Desert Area of Southern California and parts of The area looks like Mars. Here is an Image I found from that area:
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Jul 13 2010, 12:16 AM
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2299... another drive sol!
 Let's hope the exploratorium gets fixed soon so we can actually see all this new terrain. |
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Jul 13 2010, 07:22 AM
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How many drives has Opportunity made since the last picture update on the JPL website? - sol 2293
Admin advice - Go back one page in this thread and find out. Also the Oppy Map thread is a good guide. Seek and ye shall find 
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Jul 13 2010, 09:05 PM
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QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jul 13 2010, 01:16 AM)  2299... another drive sol! Yup, and according to the tracking site it was another not unsurprising 70m ESE And another one tosol (2300!)... -------------------- |
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Jul 14 2010, 02:24 AM
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Pics are back! It looks like it's been a bumpy ride:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...P0P1996R0M1.JPG New MI's from the IDD work too. |
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Jul 14 2010, 02:34 AM
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Looks like the road to Vostok.
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Jul 14 2010, 03:07 AM
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Isn't it just. It's like that James Caird, Naturaliste etc area, just going backwards. It'll be like Anatolia and Fram before too long.
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Jul 14 2010, 03:18 AM
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(sorry Doug, I know this was probably answered years ago, but searching didn't get me to an answer)
Looking at the tread marks, it looks like they stop and dig in on a regular basis -- what causes this? Does the rover stop after every wheel rotation? |
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Jul 14 2010, 03:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
There's only another km or so of regular ripples like this ahead of Oppy. After that it's 1.5km of patchy terrain (bare rock/ripples/filled in craters), and after that she'll be out on the flats!
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Jul 14 2010, 03:36 AM
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QUOTE (brellis @ Jul 13 2010, 07:18 PM) it looks like they stop and dig in on a regular basis -- what causes this? It's a cleat on each wheel - used to bolt the thing down to the lander. Each time the wheel turns, it just leaves that inprint behind. |
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Jul 14 2010, 06:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
hmm, so those cleats provide clues of their own as Oppy rolls along. Also 'splains why they're offset left vs right
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Jul 14 2010, 08:56 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 13 2010, 07:36 PM) It's a cleat on each wheel - used to bolt the thing down to the lander. Each time the wheel turns, it just leaves that inprint behind. I've read that they are also used to measure, on occasion, how far the rover has rolled (by imprints in the sand as viewed in the photos), and that use was anticipated when designed. |
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Jul 14 2010, 12:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Jul 13 2010, 10:05 PM) And another one tosol (2300!)... Which looks to be a carbon copy of yestersols. 70m ESE according to the tracking site.
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