Atop/Around the Greenheugh Pediment, Site 79-, sol 2695-3199, 3 Mar 2020-6 Aug 2021 |
Atop/Around the Greenheugh Pediment, Site 79-, sol 2695-3199, 3 Mar 2020-6 Aug 2021 |
Mar 6 2020, 04:33 PM
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Sol 2695: Just a short drive / climb, but a very welcome one to get all 6 wheels off the slope and onto the top of the pediment
Roughly stitched L-NavCam partial pan using MS-ICE with the available images. I'm sure the full 360 will be memorable... BTW: maybe a good time for a new thread? (Traversing the Greenheugh Pediment?) |
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Mar 7 2020, 03:32 AM
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Some context shots with a roughly scaled Curiosity perched on the edge of Greenheugh...
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Mar 7 2020, 05:53 AM
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Stunning, Sean.
Re new thread: Yeah, possibly. That's Emily's call, though; she's been most carefully curating the journey of MSL here. -------------------- 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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Mar 7 2020, 10:01 AM
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Mar 7 2020, 06:07 PM
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Mar 7 2020, 06:46 PM
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Greenheugh pediment looks like its going to be a rough traverse for the rover. What does the pediment represent?
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Mar 7 2020, 10:21 PM
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Mar 8 2020, 12:52 AM
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Mar 8 2020, 01:11 AM
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Julius: "Greenheugh pediment looks like its going to be a rough traverse for the rover. What does the pediment represent?"
Not sure, but you might find this LPSC abstract interesting: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/2337.pdf Originally the pediment was interpreted as an alluvial fan, sediment swept down Gediz Vallis by flowing water, but that's not the prevailing view at the moment. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 8 2020, 05:26 AM
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Here's an abstract from 2019 showing in Fig. 4 a projection from the Greenheugh to the Stimson.
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/ninthmars2019/pdf/6296.pdf |
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Mar 8 2020, 06:17 AM
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Thanks Phil, pbanholzer.appreciated.
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Mar 8 2020, 01:27 PM
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Mar 8 2020, 01:32 PM
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How do you pronounce "Greenheugh"? (Not evident for a French speaker.)
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Mar 8 2020, 05:28 PM
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Not evident for an English speaker either!
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Mar 8 2020, 05:54 PM
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Everyone Ive heard say it says Green Hue.
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Mar 9 2020, 09:24 AM
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Everyone Ive heard say it says Green Hue. Concur - Ashwin also uses Green Hue in this recent video https://youtu.be/o12KsNmoMhQ?t=87 |
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Mar 9 2020, 01:35 PM
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Mar 9 2020, 02:15 PM
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Mar 9 2020, 03:33 PM
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Mar 10 2020, 12:45 AM
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Mar 10 2020, 10:53 AM
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Mar 10 2020, 11:42 PM
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Here is Jan's sol 2698 panorama in circular form. It shows the rugged landscape quite well. This looks like wheel-busting terrain to me.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 11 2020, 04:42 PM
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Hi folks, new rocks, new thread! Here's a link to the spot in the Route Map thread where Phil et al. documented this moment.
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Mar 11 2020, 10:32 PM
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Mar 12 2020, 09:04 AM
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@tanjent : which images ? The panoramic ? If that's the case, just follow the link by clicking the picture, you would find a gallery with the image, and links bellow.
Edit : Sol 2700 Navcam panoramic. -------------------- |
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Mar 12 2020, 07:49 PM
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Mar 12 2020, 08:37 PM
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This is Damia's panorama in circular form - giving a good location for a map update. Thanks, Damia!
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Mar 13 2020, 05:51 AM
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This is caprock so it might be hard to drill. I hope we get one!
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Mar 13 2020, 06:47 AM
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This is caprock so it might be hard to drill. I hope we get one! It would be nice to see them drill / sample one of those darker (capping) rocks, but because of the Feed Extended Drilling) they would need to find a really stable candidate... However, the first potential drill site candidate appears to be in the lighter toned bedrocks seen in the arm workspace on sol 2700. Attached is a mosaic of the L-MastCam images of that workspace, I believe the candidate is the Trapezoid shaped block in the upper right of the mosaic. |
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Mar 13 2020, 11:15 AM
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Mar 25 2020, 06:51 PM
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Thank you for that nicely debayered and stitched pano of the sol2711 mastcam set. Its quite a view and am especially intrigued by highly eroded sections especially as seen in the snippet of the pano below, representing this pair of snapshots, looking closer a sinuous curve of apparent eroded pediment boundary appears sharply shadowed appearing in the exposure as if it were some sort of slack cable draped over the landscape. I keep losing my bearing as to where we are so have no idea if Curi is heading towards that particular area or onward elsewhere..
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Mar 25 2020, 08:27 PM
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We had this MR view of that feature, though with a bit different lighting:
https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/0...167C00_DXXX.jpg |
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Mar 31 2020, 08:16 PM
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Indeed a very lovely view, the composition gives a feeling almost of a Martian sort of tropical, taking in a relatively balmy afternoon as wavelets of sand gently lap up against the near shore and relax sipping a perchlorate cocktail under the instrument cluster standing in as mock parasol, take a glance over near to the right a bit into the distance many barchan dune islands poke above the surface as the seas of sand grow rougher dissappearing into the murky distance, in splendid isolation I will be to remain here for some while..
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Apr 6 2020, 07:48 AM
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Yet another long range ChemCam RMI mosaic checking the distant terrain, this one appears to focus on the hills beyond the Greenheugh Pediment. Images from Sol 2725, composed of 12 frames assembled in MS-ICE without further processing. Note, there appears to be 14 images in this sequence, but one processed frame has not made it to the server as of the time of this post.
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Apr 6 2020, 08:09 AM
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I may be a tad bidirectionally challenged, but isn't that the marker bed?
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Apr 6 2020, 11:30 AM
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I may be a tad bidirectionally challenged, but isn't that the marker bed? I'm not sure, but I'm guessing you are referring to the 'marker bed' described in this? link Here's where I think the terrain is, I've added a box to a mosaic assemble by Neville Thomson showing the other long range RMIs from atop the pediment link Edit: We now have the mission update that covers this sol: QUOTE On the second sol Curiosity will take a ChemCam long distance RMI mosaic of the pediment capping unit to assess the stratigraphy and sedimentary structures exposed on the flank of Gediz Vallis.
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Apr 6 2020, 04:12 PM
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...especially intrigued by highly eroded sections especially as seen in the snippet of the pano below, representingt... looking closer a sinuous curve of apparent eroded pediment boundary appears sharply shadowed appearing in the exposure as if it were some sort of slack cable draped over the landscape. I keep losing my bearing as to where we are so have no idea if Curi is heading towards that particular area or onward elsewhere.. Here's a little more detail in this telephoto ChemCam-RMI from Sol 2726, roughly assembled in MS-ICE, some data drop out in one frame. No additional processing except the stitch and adding the text. |
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Apr 9 2020, 01:24 PM
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Quoting myself because this panorama is finally over. I missed one frame to complete it, and this frame was available tonight. So
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Apr 11 2020, 12:09 AM
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new navcams! and why not view them in the latest version of my navcam viewer?
https://captainvideo.nl/rob/navcamdiary.html press tab or the topright circle for a sol list press h for other options stay safe, all of you! -------------------- |
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Apr 11 2020, 12:59 AM
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Thanks, Jan. Here is a circular view of it showing how we have moved away from the edge of that depression. The recent updates have indicated we will drive off the pediment and resume the previous path around its edge to the east, then up into the hills.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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My take on the MastCam Right mosaic of sol 2729, with 5 extra Matt Damon added to give a scale
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Apr 14 2020, 08:35 PM
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Don't jump, Matt! There's still hope for a sequel!
Also, here is Jan's new panorama in circular form. We have moved right to the edge of the pediment again at the same place we climbed it earlier. The tracks are visible just below us. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Found Wally. Thanks for the humour neo.
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Thanks neo56 for the great image treatment, i inspected jvandiel's stitch of the same sequence yesterday and was frustrated trying to get a handle on the scale of things, and since i tend to overestimate the scale of things in the near-scope pancams, i now see im overcompensating for the larger scale sequences, i so misunderestimated that protruding part of the rock to be only about the size of Mark Watney's boot, off by over 3x..
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Right off the pediment! We ended up just about at the sol 2658 location - get those brakes checked, Curiosity! The map may be delayed a day or two because people won't leave the Moon alone.
Jan's panorama in circular form. This thread might have to be renamed 'Around the Greenheugh Pediment' because that's where we will be going now. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Topic title edited to reflect circumstances.
-------------------- 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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An uncomformity.
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Was it always planned for the rover to descend off the pediment back onto the clay unit or did I miss something?
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Apr 27 2020, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2519 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Was it always planned for the rover to descend off the pediment back onto the clay unit or did I miss something? AFAIK this was always the plan, but I'm not sure if it was explicitly said or just somewhat implied in the status reports. See https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8...diment-for-now/ and note the use of the phrase "mini campaign". -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Apr 27 2020, 10:38 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10194 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
One of the most important targets of the entire mission is the contact between the clay unit in Glen Torridon and the sulfate hills above it, which is assumed to mark a major change in global climate from (let's call it) moist to arid. The Pediment straddles that contact, so if you stay on it you have missed the crucial exposures. They went up because it was possible at that location, so why not have a quick look at it in case a failure ends the mission before they meet it again higher up the mountain.
This LPSC abstract shows the planned path ahead, as of just a few months ago. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/2426.pdf Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 28 2020, 12:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2430 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
This LPSC abstract shows the planned path ahead, as of just a few months ago. Phil Does anyone know if the figures from this abstract are available at a higher resolution? Maybe in another document, or a large poster? I'm particularly interested in Fig1 that shows the MSAR version 9 or later It would be nice to see the detail of the proposed path around the pediment up to the sulfate hills |
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Apr 28 2020, 05:55 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
One approach is to use the HiRISE browser search for Gale and zoom into the Gedis Valles area and pan and poke around through the madly overlapping needles in that haystack to find the good views like this one. some of that area was also in the 50th LPSC abstract
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Apr 28 2020, 06:29 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10194 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Paul:
"It would be nice to see the detail of the proposed path around the pediment up to the sulfate hills" That image will stand quite a lot of enlargement. I don't know a better source yet. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 28 2020, 07:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2430 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
One approach is to use the HiRISE browser search for Gale and zoom into the Gedis Valles area and pan and poke around through the madly overlapping needles in that haystack to find the good views like this one. some of that area was also in the 50th LPSC abstract Cheers, I'll give that a go |
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Apr 30 2020, 07:58 AM
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Apr 30 2020, 08:41 AM
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May 1 2020, 10:24 AM
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May 1 2020, 08:09 PM
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May 3 2020, 07:54 AM
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May 3 2020, 03:13 PM
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May 5 2020, 01:20 PM
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May 6 2020, 08:27 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10194 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
A successful drill, by the look of the Hazcams. I won't post an image as much better ones will be coming soon.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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