Where Is Spirit Right Now? |
Where Is Spirit Right Now? |
Jun 15 2005, 07:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
This Topic Title is rather olden but for it golden
Where is she? http://www.greuti.ch/spirit/pan-spirit-sol311c.jpg -------------------- |
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Jun 16 2005, 03:46 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (NIX @ Jun 16 2005, 02:35 PM) Hi Ustrax, it still looks too steep, I think according to what has been said by SS that Spirit is going to make a bigger curve around Husband Hill to end up at the southern part of the summit, to have a look at the Inner Basin, or, Ultreya! You must be very thrilled, but don't worry, I am too, exciting times... Nico Do you mean something like this?: <b>Operation Summit</b> Phase Alfa - <i>Direct Assault</i> Failed Phase Bravo I - <i>Reach Out for Ultreya</i> Present Action http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/ust...loc3_sol311.jpg Phase Bravo II - <i>Ascension</i> If justified after Phase Bravo II concluded -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jun 16 2005, 04:44 PM
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That makes sense, drive south along along an easy route. Then attack the summit from the south, keeping the solar panels tilted toward the sun just in case the dust storms get bad.
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Jun 17 2005, 04:07 AM
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Prediction: wider view from the navcam tomorrow.
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Jun 17 2005, 05:06 AM
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QUOTE (alan @ Jun 16 2005, 04:44 PM) That makes sense, drive south along along an easy route. Then attack the summit from the south, keeping the solar panels tilted toward the sun just in case the dust storms get bad. Alan, considering that Spirit actually lies in the southern emisphere, I'm worried that climbing from South could be too critical for solar panels, even without dust storms! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 17 2005, 06:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Mars is approaching the southern summer, the sun should be moving into the southern sky.
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Jun 17 2005, 11:44 PM
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QUOTE (alan @ Jun 17 2005, 06:08 AM) oops, I didn't consider season... At this point, climbing from South should be best strategy! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Guest_Edward Schmitz_* |
Jun 18 2005, 05:28 PM
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Since Spirit is 14 degrees south, the sun is only in the southern sky for a short time around the solstice. Did we just pass that or is it still coming up? No matter... the sun should be very high in the sky.
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Jun 18 2005, 06:21 PM
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The southern solstice is August 17. By the way, Mars perihelion was two days ago.
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Jun 18 2005, 07:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
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Jun 19 2005, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
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Jun 19 2005, 06:37 PM
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nice!
-------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
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Jun 19 2005, 06:49 PM
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From rightmost two images, I identified the main horizon features (processed in order to enhance far details, angles measured from South direction, satellite map is upside-down):
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Guest_Myran_* |
Jun 19 2005, 07:39 PM
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Thank you Dilo for your dedicated work, also you Alan.
Arrived here from Exploratorium and even after a year I still browse those images amazed over the fact of being able to get almost daily updates, this time I happened upon something I was unable to identify. http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...AKP2291R2M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...AKP2291L2M1.JPG Its also seen on the lower left on Alans stiched-together image. To me it looks like a small shallow depression of small gravel or perhaps the kind of salts already found elsewhere in these hills. We might get to read about it is its investigated, but if its not, anyone interested giving their views or tell me im wrong and that it's just one uninteresting patch. |
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Guest_Edward Schmitz_* |
Jun 19 2005, 08:12 PM
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QUOTE To me it looks like a small shallow depression of small gravel or perhaps the kind of salts already found elsewhere in these hills. We might get to read about it is its investigated, but if its not, anyone interested giving their views or tell me im wrong and that it's just one uninteresting patch. Think you are talking about the light feature on the center right of the image. This does not look like a depression to me. Looks like a large flat rock of the type we were seeing at the base of west spur. Posibly altered by water. There were quite a few rocks (can't name them) that had a nodgular appearence and were hemitite bearing at the base of west spur. My best guess from limited information. |
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Guest_Myran_* |
Jun 19 2005, 09:52 PM
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QUOTE Edward Schmitz wrote: Think you are talking about the light feature on the center right of the image Thank you for the reply, yes its center right on exploratorium image, and down left on Alans composite one. And you are right, to me it was one ayetwister where I one moment viewed it as somewhat bowl-like feature the other as a flattish area of pepples or gravel. But you are most likely right, that its one 'nodular' rock that perhaps even got some goethite or hematite. Edit june 21: Got a better view of it now on todays set of images and feel all happy since it do look interesting and seems Edward Schmitz is correct also. http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...AKP2576L7M1.JPG |
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