Endeavour Crater, And again shall we conquer the Remoteness |
Endeavour Crater, And again shall we conquer the Remoteness |
Sep 29 2008, 03:13 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Opportunity is getting ready to embark on her most extraordinary journey, a true rover epic.
As information regarding how to win the distance are being collected here, and the emotional last views from Victoria Crater are being discussed here, I thought about creating a new thread that will surely become an obligatory stop as the tall peaks and other features of Endeavour start to rise in the horizon. Here we will be able to discuss the location of features seen from the distance, references that will help us understanding better what we are seing and that will, fortunately, feed our spirit across the long sail across the Meridiani sandwaves. Ultreya! I give it a kick with this navcam image, comparing it with Astro0's original (beautiful...) image: I'm sure James Canvin will correct me... EDITED: I can't resist...I tried! I honestly tried, but it is stronger than me...so many features ahead and not a single name?! Seriously, at Victoria we had features named after places visited by the vessel, and now for Endeavour? Assuming that Oppy will succeed on her quest will the mission keep the same policy, of naming places after Endeavour's tour? If so, there may be some names in common with Victoria... While we are ready to leave the port once more I remembered that we could start naming, internally, (in order to have catchier landmark references... ) these features, as they loom in the horizon, after the ship's crew. We could follow the order presented here. Let me just edit the image up there... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 30 2008, 12:34 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10256 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
That's really nice. You can see how the Meridiani Planum material drapes over the crater's northern rim and fills much of the depression. Those hills on the rim are part of the cratered terrain unit underlying the Meridiani Planum material. It would be a real coup to get to one of the rim hills.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Sep 30 2008, 06:38 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Really, really nice!
Looking at this old image (if only I could remember which was the original I have used and how many times I stretched it...) it looks like that we can identify the contour of Cook and the two following elevations to the south. I won't dare to say that I can see the crater in Cook's slope, that is probably an artifact... I'll look at this with more attention after having a bath and a coffee... And James...I don't think that climber was being that technical when he made reference to my "Cook"... EDITED: Had a bath, had a coffee, had the work done... Here's what I was talking about: Probably wrong (from James image looks like the three elevations fit all in Cook) but the contour seems to coincide... You'll also notest that I've named the three features with names previously used in this thread first post (already edited) but I think that it would make more sense to have the three lieutenants together at the "vessel's bridge". In consequence I had to pick new names for the peaks in the NW, I've took the option of going for the civilians onboard Endeavour, maybe we can follow this line of thought from here on: NW to NE - The Civilians SW to SE - The Marines E - The Crew Full list here. James...are we getting somewhere? -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 30 2008, 10:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
James...are we getting somewhere? This is a guess, I'm at work and don't have the time or the tools to do a proper analysis so the scale could be well off. But I would say it should be more like this... -------------------- |
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Sep 30 2008, 10:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
This is a guess, I'm at work and don't have the time or the tools to do a proper analysis so the scale could be well off. But I would say it should be more like this... It's visualy my feeling too... The left ridge of the summit was not matching at all in Rui's proposition but it does here. -------------------- |
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Sep 30 2008, 11:14 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
James is my hero!...
A perfect match! Guess I'll have to restrain myself before posting this ideas without checking the details carefully... Looks like we've nailed Cook without doubts!: BTW, new navcams and pancams are in, nothing new in the horizon, at least for my eyes, guess the driving guys will be pleased... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 30 2008, 12:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
A perfect match! Guess I'll have to restrain myself before posting this ideas without checking the details carefully... Where would we be without your crazy ideas? Keep 'em coming - with just a small dose reality we've ended up with your fantastic (and probably accurate ) last diagram. Onwards! J -------------------- |
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Sep 30 2008, 02:19 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Where would we be without your crazy ideas? I have no idea...Nicarágua? Here's the latest development of my work in progress: I'll have one of this on the wall after I give it some retouches... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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