Opportunity Leaves Olympia, Goodbye Purgatory 2 |
Opportunity Leaves Olympia, Goodbye Purgatory 2 |
Mar 3 2006, 05:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Just for y'all to chew on -- Opportunity spent more time at Olympia than it was originally scheduled to survive for its *entire* primary mission.
Boy, it seems like there's something wrong with that -- but it's the truth. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Mar 3 2006, 11:26 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
And the majority of that time was spent in one spot. I remember how everybody was thrilled when Oppy wheeled up to the Rimrock outcrop.
But it is good to be alive and kicking... --Bill -------------------- |
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Mar 3 2006, 05:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Referring back to Phil's Polar of Tesheiner's Sol 747 panorama at: Sol 747 Polar Pan, I went back and located a color image of Payson made during the trek across the North Erebus Rim. North is up on the Poalr and the view is to the Southwest on the Color image.
The dark outcrop slope at the 4:00 to 9:00 position in the Polar is shown as the right dark outcrop in the color image; currently Oppy is at the left side of this first area. The sand dune at the 3:30 position in the Polar is shown in the color image just right of center. In both, the odd evaporite chunk high in the dune can be seen. The Payson promontory area is behind that dune in both the Polar and the color image. The second dark bluff area is hidden behind a ripple about the 4:30 position on the Polar and is on the left side of the color image. Enjoy both views (the ultimate in long-baseline stereo)! --Bill Sol 747 Polar Pan -------------------- |
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Mar 3 2006, 05:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Mar 3 2006, 11:56 PM
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http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...cam/2006-03-03/
Wonderful set of high res L7/R1 Pancam images of the outcrop in front of Opportunity. |
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Mar 4 2006, 01:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...cam/2006-03-03/ Wonderful set of high res L7/R1 Pancam images of the outcrop in front of Opportunity. Yes, nice, but not recent. The timestamps indicate they were taken before yesterdays pans. Does anyone know what Oppy is doing today? Where are todays pics? -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Mar 4 2006, 04:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 267 Joined: 5-February 06 Member No.: 675 |
Yes, nice, but not recent. The timestamps indicate they were taken before yesterdays pans. Does anyone know what Oppy is doing today? Where are todays pics? Seems like we may have some IDD work scheduled. CODE 751 p1155.00 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_hazcam_idd_unstow_2bpp_pri30
751 p1212.09 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_haz_ultimate_2_bpp_pri15 751 p1214.05 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_haz_ultimate_4bpp_pri15 |
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Mar 4 2006, 05:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
Seems like we may have some IDD work scheduled. CODE 751 p1155.00 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_hazcam_idd_unstow_2bpp_pri30 751 p1212.09 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_haz_ultimate_2_bpp_pri15 751 p1214.05 2 0 0 2 0 4 front_haz_ultimate_4bpp_pri15 God, I wish I could figure out these "*$##@^(*! codes! I know about the "idd_unstow" business, - you can see it unstowed in the haz shot - but I thought they were doing that after every run for safety's sake. There's nothing under the idd but sand! The next two lines differ in their page number, and the end statements: "2_bpp_" versus "4bpp_" . So what does the change from "2 space" to "4 no space" signify? ...sigh... guess I'll just wait for the next briefing. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Mar 4 2006, 07:19 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Go and listen to the second Pancam update I did with Jim Bell - we talk all about the bpp and so forth.
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/ma...vers/audio.html Doug |
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Mar 4 2006, 08:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Thanks, Doug.
About your great super-resolution image of Spirit's heat shield attached to the article, I made a further sharpening/contrast/noise reduction in order to better see fine details... even if OT here, hope you'll appreciate! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Mar 4 2006, 03:11 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Doug, how did you produce this? Did you stack it manually or with an auto-stacking program?
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Mar 4 2006, 04:13 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Registax
Doug |
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Mar 4 2006, 06:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 |
Go and listen to the second Pancam update I did with Jim Bell - we talk all about the bpp and so forth. http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/ma...vers/audio.html Doug Speaking of pancam updates ... might we be due for another soon? |
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Mar 4 2006, 06:12 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Waiting for Jim to get back to base, then we'll sort something out
Doug |
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Mar 4 2006, 08:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
Go and listen to the second Pancam update I did with Jim Bell - we talk all about the bpp and so forth. http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/ma...vers/audio.html Doug Thanx, Doug, that is a fascinating and informative discussion. I understand a bit better now the activities of Spirit around HP. I guess Jim Bell confirmed that the matrix of the 'sandstone' in the upper unit is not iron sulfate from the analyses, and this is a major reason why the 'volcanic origin hypothesis' is in ascendancy at the moment. (I wish he had said what it is, but perhaps that is still not conclusive. ) Obviously I have to put the Planetary Society page on my daily rounds, since answers to my questions can be there without making it to UMSF. Is there somewhere a page of code explanations to help me understand the meaning of the lines that get posted here? I would like to be more 'in-the-know' than I am. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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