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Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point'
James Sorenson
post Aug 7 2011, 06:05 AM
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What a wonderful place! smile.gif

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post Aug 7 2011, 06:35 AM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 7 2011, 02:43 AM) *
Is it really that lumpy? Or is it an artifact of the anaglyph? If it is, it makes me wonder if the steering actuator might be an issue crossing that kind of relief, even driving backward.

I could imagine one of Oppy's wheels getting stuck in a crevace between two rocks in this sort of landscape. I hope that the drivers go very carefully to Spirit point.

It would be very tempting to me to attempt to drive to those inviting black rocks at Spirit Point in one SOL. Just imagine the first in-situ rocks other than Meridiani sediments that that Oppy has encountered in its entire mission look like they are only 100m away.
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post Aug 7 2011, 06:55 AM
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So when is the final drive to Spirit point planned?
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post Aug 7 2011, 07:08 AM
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Well, here we are...

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post Aug 7 2011, 07:31 AM
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Not quite there....almost there...how high is that step onto Spirit point?
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post Aug 7 2011, 07:56 AM
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post Aug 7 2011, 08:08 AM
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QUOTE (Julius @ Aug 7 2011, 07:31 AM) *
Not quite there....almost there...how high is that step onto Spirit point?

The rocks in Botany Bay were deposited next to the crater rim and so may feature interesting sedimentary structures. I guess that they will also need to be looked at in detail sooner or later.
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post Aug 7 2011, 08:29 AM
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Just to put Opportunity's journey across Meridiani Planum from Eagle Crater to Endeavour Crater in some kind of context to the vistas we are seeing now.
Here's an image showing Opportunity's path (in yellow) and that same path (in purple) [in reverse] marked out across Endeavour Crater.
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Opportunity and all of us have travelled far! blink.gif

EDIT: Of course, the purple path doesn't take into account the topography, terrain and certainly not the last 7.5+ years of trials and triumphs.
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post Aug 7 2011, 08:46 AM
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Let's drive 7 years long to the other side of the crater just to get a better view of Cape York rolleyes.gif ?


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post Aug 7 2011, 10:03 AM
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I have added the names of the places of interest on the Mick Navcam panorama. Please tell me if I'm wrong, and don't hesitate to add the position of the rover on the 3D view of Cape York.
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post Aug 7 2011, 10:07 AM
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I'v been tryimg to look for crism data of CY. Could someone post a link? Thanks
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post Aug 7 2011, 10:17 AM
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QUOTE (Julius @ Aug 7 2011, 10:07 AM) *
I'v been tryimg to look for crism data of CY. Could someone post a link? Thanks


There is a paper of Wray et al. (2009) published in Geophysical Research Letters where the distribution of phyllosilicates and sulfates on Cape York is shown, retrieved from a CRISM observation. Red is for Fe/Mg-phyllosilicates and cyan is for polyhydrated sulfates.


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post Aug 7 2011, 12:16 PM
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A lone, lonely MI image came down overnight... tweaked it a bit...

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post Aug 7 2011, 12:22 PM
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Thanks neo for that..I was wondering at which point along CY would oppy get to sniff phylosilicates.
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Aug 7 2011, 03:29 AM) *
Just to put Opportunity's journey across Meridiani Planum from Eagle Crater to Endeavour Crater in some kind of context to the vistas we are seeing now.
Here's an image showing Opportunity's path (in yellow) and that same path (in purple) [in reverse] marked out across Endeavour Crater.

Opportunity and all of us have travelled far! blink.gif

EDIT: Of course, the purple path doesn't take into account the topography, terrain and certainly not the last 7.5+ years of trials and triumphs.


Looking at that image makes me remember comments regarding not worrying too much about getting stuck in Endurance crater, since it was a great place to study, and that was about as long as the mission would last anyhow.
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