Sol 22 and after, Digging in Wonderland |
Sol 22 and after, Digging in Wonderland |
Jun 17 2008, 03:07 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Here's a Sol 22 image of the new trenching area at the extreme right edge of the work area. I brightened the shadow to show the whole trench.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jun 23 2008, 05:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Can't wait for them to start digging deeper. Any ideas on how deep they would like to go? ... That's an easy one. They surely would want to dig as deeply as possible, as that would likely provide the longest line of geological/climatalogical history at this location. But then we would want to study that vertical section in context, requiring additional lateral excavations. I get the impression that the concern here is about a shallow ice table that might prevent digging deeply, thus the earlier suggestion that Phoenix might need to strip mine the national parks, to at least expose the topography of this local ice table. I suspect deeply-digging might be easier near the polygon boundaries, but I am not sure how those boundaries align with the digging degrees of freedom of the robotic arm. I can't wait to see what Phoenix does next... -------------------- ...Tom
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