Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 |
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 Nov 8 2011, 02:58 AM
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QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 7 2011, 02:12 PM)  The mysterious Vein with No Name is now called... Ross. There are some who call it . . . Ross. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Nov 8 2011, 03:19 AM
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Nov 8 2011, 04:03 AM
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Well if they are naming features after gold mines I hope they name something after my favorite, California's Empire Mine, being inspected here by Doug in 2009.
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Nov 8 2011, 07:48 AM
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Enchanting, EG, simply enchanting...
I was thinking more along the lines of  wa-wa wa-wa-wa... --Bill -------------------- |
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Nov 8 2011, 09:30 AM
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OT, but love the shot of Doug...looks like he was gonna tear you a new one if you dared to try to push him in!!!
-------------------- 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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Nov 8 2011, 03:25 PM
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Back to Mars, we've shifted a bit - perhaps we're now looking at our next target, Deadwood:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol2769 I don't see any veins here - perhaps they want to characterize the rock surrounding the veins? |
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Nov 8 2011, 10:27 PM
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So, I take it that the naming convention for now is "things in the Black Hills of SD"? I was stationed in the area in my younger days.
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Nov 8 2011, 11:22 PM
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...and next we could do
Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon and the whole White Album...  But seriously, @Fredk: "I don't see any veins here - perhaps they want to characterize the rock surrounding the veins?" I think that the light, broad areas are merged or consolidated veins and represent a more massive deposit of the Mystery Mineral. I'd be inclined to go over, inspect, RAT a nice flat spot and zing the chemistry for a few Sols. That would give the most return with the weak MB. If it is in fact a carbonate, it will be soft (Moh 3-4, about liek the siliceous Kieserite), so it would be an easy grind. IDing that mineral is pivotal. And yes, characterizing the surrounding rock (called country rock or wall rock) is needed. I wish we'd thwack Homestake on the way out... I ~think I see rhombohedral cleavage in some of the fragments, which is very diagnostic. --Bill -------------------- |
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Nov 8 2011, 11:33 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 8 2011, 08:25 AM) perhaps they want to characterize the rock surrounding the veins? It's also possible that Oppy's left wheels rolled over Homestake in the sol 2769 move. Her left rear wheel is currently close to Homestake, perhaps even on top of it.
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Nov 8 2011, 11:37 PM
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Sol 2769 Homestake my3D stereo pairs
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Nov 8 2011, 11:54 PM
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Sol 2769 colour portrait of Homestake...
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Nov 9 2011, 12:42 AM
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QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 8 2011, 11:22 PM) and the whole White Album... I think that the light, broad areas are merged or consolidated veins and represent a more massive deposit of the Mystery Mineral... IDing that mineral is pivotal. And yes, characterizing the surrounding rock (called country rock or wall rock) is needed. To my non-geologist eyes the surface layout looks pretty helter-skelter around here. Yeah, let's hope they have the time for some more IDD'ing. |
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Nov 9 2011, 01:36 AM
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Homestake Sol2769
brought in the ultraviolet (L7)
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Nov 9 2011, 01:37 AM
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Very much a psychedelic work in progress - and still playing with vector maths - here's a brief aside from the geology:
This is my take on Martian total diurnal insolation, for all latitudes throughout the Martian year. White is maximum insolation. Green is 2/3rds of that. Cyan 1/2th, blue 1/3rd, magenta 1/6th. Low levels of light in the red zones turn to black: total darkness. Got a solar powered rover? 4 to 5 degrees north appears to be the sweet latitude for you. Andy |
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Nov 9 2011, 05:51 AM
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Another take on Homestake in 3D:
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