Past Bahia Blanca, onto Cabo Corrientes |
Past Bahia Blanca, onto Cabo Corrientes |
Feb 8 2007, 06:16 AM
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Tesheiner, I read about the 10K mark, and was hoping that you had updated the route map to show the excursion that put us over the mark -- and you didn't disappoint!
By the way, I'm thinking that Oppy's getting ready to head back to Duck Bay, which looks like the past entry path, plus nice vertical cliffs to examine on the way in . . . |
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Feb 13 2007, 04:33 PM
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Feb 13 2007, 05:20 PM
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Oh man! If a drive some days ago was called the "drunken sailor walk", how would you call this? How about the "battlebot spin" -------------------- My Open Office Website: http://www.openofficetips.com
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Feb 14 2007, 03:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Compared to the drunken wobbling, I call this ballet. I'm wondering, might this be a method to create a large, distinguishable track feature that could be recognized by the software for a greater distance? That might allow sober walking for some distance afterward.
-------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Feb 14 2007, 08:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Whatever purpose it has, they did it again.
Sol 1087 which is almost finished was another driving day and the "post-drive" hazcam pics show that same zig-zag pattern. Edited: Short drive; less then 4m. At this pace we won't be at Hoy neither "hoy" nor "mañana" (that's for you Climber). |
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Feb 14 2007, 09:40 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2921 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Whatever purpose it has, they did it again. Must be a big heart for Valentine... -------------------- |
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Feb 14 2007, 01:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Ok, I think I have the right name for that funny manouver.
"Dog tail chasing". |
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Feb 14 2007, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Considering that the feature is captured in the downsampled Navcam navigation images, I'd say it's an extra good guess it's used for navigation.
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Feb 14 2007, 07:54 PM
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Possible Wheel Problem with OPPY? I hope not
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...MWP1244L0M1.JPG |
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Feb 14 2007, 11:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
Whoa! back up he truck. this is what, as kids, we would call "doing donuts" after a rain, we'd go out on a grass soccer field and vandaliciously spin the car around with the accelerator gunned and the steering wheel pegged (no, we never got caught, darn kids!).
click attached thumbnail to see the animation |
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Feb 15 2007, 05:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Good to hear that you had a normal childhood, atomoid. I didn't learn to cut donuts until I "grew up." But I think they are more fun to do on dusty ground.
-------------------- ...Tom
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Feb 15 2007, 05:25 AM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Maybe they're messing up the dirt to create a spot for HiRise to observe over time as the winds cause it to evolve?
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Feb 15 2007, 08:25 PM
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Feb 16 2007, 01:22 AM
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Maybe they're messing up the dirt to create a spot for HiRise to observe over time as the winds cause it to evolve? Sounds like a good side effect, but I'd bet this is just another attempt to give Visidom something to look at. -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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Feb 17 2007, 01:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2835 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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Feb 17 2007, 05:22 PM
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