The Festoon Objective |
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The Festoon Objective |
 Jan 20 2006, 02:10 PM
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Oppy has moved in to position to examine the festoon cross beds.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...KSP1214L0M1.JPG -------------------- |
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Jan 20 2006, 03:08 PM
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A bit off topic but what can this be?...
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...KCP2666R8M1.JPG -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jan 20 2006, 03:19 PM
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Whoa.
Maybe Oppy had a bright idea and then promptly forgot what it was.   (why it dangerous for amateurs to attempt comedy and lurkers should remain lurkers -- all in one short post!  )-- Pertinax |
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Jan 20 2006, 03:26 PM
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http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/merweb/..._transit_R8.rml
CODE Summary for: bp2666.06a.pancam_phobos_transit_R8.rml: ETH ESF EDN EFF EHG ERS ECS ERP Total ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Duration (hhmmss) = 00:13:45 Data Vol (Mbits) = 24.58 That's the sequence the image is from - but it's not presenting itself as a sub-frame, it's a partial downlink of a full frame. Not sure what's going on really. Doug |
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Jan 20 2006, 03:45 PM
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As a point of reference, here is a FHazcam showing where we were and where we are.
I noticed the Navam images posted on Exploratorium on 1/20/06 had a soft, overcompressed appearance. Hope there is not a connection with the strange Pancams. --Bill -------------------- |
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Jan 20 2006, 08:39 PM
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http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...KSP2957M2M1.JPG
O.K. Festoon MIs coming down! Stitchers, Man your sewing machines!
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jan 20 2006, 09:08 PM
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The MIs are mostly unfocussed. I hope they didn't bend the arm...
-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Jan 20 2006, 10:35 PM
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here is a link to an excellent MI stich by hortonheardawho.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hortonheardawho/89032198/ -------------------- |
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 Jan 21 2006, 12:18 AM
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Say three times quickly:
How many tunes would a Festoon fife if a Festoon could fife tunes? 
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Jan 21 2006, 12:52 AM
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QUOTE (kungpostyle @ Jan 20 2006, 02:10 PM) The Festoon Objective  That title sounds like a 1970s spy movie. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 21 2006, 03:04 AM
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QUOTE (Pertinax @ Jan 20 2006, 09:19 AM) Whoa. Maybe Oppy had a bright idea and then promptly forgot what it was. (why it dangerous for amateurs to attempt comedy and lurkers should remain lurkers -- all in one short post! )-- Pertinax Nah. I thought it was funny.  QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jan 20 2006, 09:45 AM) ... I noticed the Navam images posted on Exploratorium on 1/20/06 had a soft, overcompressed appearance. Hope there is not a connection with the strange Pancams. --Bill I saw those navcams this morning too, and was planning to ask here if anyone had an explanation. QUOTE (akuo @ Jan 20 2006, 03:08 PM) The MIs are mostly unfocussed. I hope they didn't bend the arm... It seems to me that many of the MIs taken since that motor developed a problem have been poorly focused. Could it be that it is now harder to position the MI accurately within the field of view of that camera? -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Jan 21 2006, 03:27 AM
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QUOTE (akuo @ Jan 20 2006, 11:08 AM) The MIs are mostly unfocussed. I hope they didn't bend the arm... Hmmm. They're also from the adjacent rock slab, not the one originally spotlighted for festoon features. I don't think they're as clear in this slab. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jan 21 2006, 04:04 AM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 20 2006, 07:52 PM) That title sounds like a 1970s spy movie. I thought it sounded like the title of a Robert Ludlum novel when I wrote it. -------------------- |
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Jan 21 2006, 04:19 AM
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QUOTE Could it be that it is now harder to position the MI accurately within the field of view of that camera? I wouldn't think so. The stalled motor is in the first "shoulder" joint, which is an azimuth motion. The other two "elbow" joints and the wrist joint serve to position the camera fore-and-aft and up-down (the "focus" motion). We'll see... --Bill -------------------- |
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Jan 21 2006, 04:37 AM
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QUOTE (akuo @ Jan 20 2006, 09:08 PM) The MIs are mostly unfocussed. I hope they didn't bend the arm... Actually that's not new. MI's have been out of focus quite frequently. I have observed that they often "bracket" the focus due to the narrow depth of field in the MI camera, most likely to capture peripheral details where there is substantial variation in relief such as in RAT holes. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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