The West Valley Route |
The West Valley Route |
Mar 18 2009, 12:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Here're the latest navcam pictures taken during sol 1850: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2009-03-18/
Spirit is no longer stuck, but I think the attempt to go on top of HP via the NE path is finished and we are going to the West Valley. A pancam mosaic of the western route is planned for tosol. |
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Mar 22 2009, 10:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Indeed. Anybody wants to give a try on calculating its diameter?
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Mar 22 2009, 07:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Anybody wants to give a try on calculating its diameter? Looking at some orbital images and trying to identify some features at comparable distances, I estimate that devil was about 1400 m away. That gives a diameter of very roughly 130 m. It could be quite a bit bigger if farther, smaller if closer. I really hope that as we move closer to the plains we will be more likely to get hit by strong wind gusts. I understand that even a direct hit by a DD would be harmless to the rover, but would no doubt restore us to a showroom-floor sparkling-clean deck! |
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Mar 23 2009, 10:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
It could be quite a bit bigger if farther, smaller if closer. And for the Father Dougal's amongst us: Small v. far away Andy |
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