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Tesheiner
post Mar 18 2009, 12:00 PM
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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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post Mar 22 2009, 10:36 AM
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Indeed. Anybody wants to give a try on calculating its diameter?
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post Mar 22 2009, 07:03 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 22 2009, 11:36 AM) *
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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post Mar 23 2009, 10:12 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Mar 22 2009, 07:03 PM) *
It could be quite a bit bigger if farther, smaller if closer.


And for the Father Dougal's amongst us: Small v. far away laugh.gif

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- Tesheiner   The West Valley Route   Mar 18 2009, 12:00 PM
- - BrianL   Wagons ho! Yee-haw!   Mar 18 2009, 12:15 PM
- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 18 2009, 04:00 AM)...   Mar 18 2009, 01:21 PM
- - JayB   A nice DD from the latest batch of images http://...   Mar 20 2009, 02:21 PM
- - fredk   The weather at Gusev is looking a bit worse accord...   Mar 20 2009, 11:02 PM
- - Astro0   Looks dusty out west. Sol 1851   Mar 21 2009, 05:59 AM
- - climber   Nice, Astro. Is that more or less the drive direct...   Mar 21 2009, 10:58 AM
- - Tesheiner   By the right side of that mosaic, I would say. Nex...   Mar 21 2009, 12:16 PM
- - Astro0   Sol1850 Navcan pan. I'll leave the drive dir...   Mar 21 2009, 12:21 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Mar 21 2009, 04:21 AM) .....   Mar 21 2009, 01:38 PM
- - Ipparchus   Does anyone of you have any altitude and hazard ma...   Mar 21 2009, 04:14 PM
|- - Geert   QUOTE (Ipparchus @ Mar 22 2009, 12:14 AM)...   Mar 21 2009, 05:42 PM
- - Astro0   Astro0 said - "I'll leave the drive direc...   Mar 22 2009, 02:50 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Mar 21 2009, 06:50 PM) As...   Mar 22 2009, 06:13 AM
- - Tesheiner   > ... and now executed... 13m westwards and do...   Mar 22 2009, 07:28 AM
- - Tesheiner   Nice DD caught on action in today's navcam mos...   Mar 22 2009, 09:04 AM
|- - dilo   Wow! and is also a big one!   Mar 22 2009, 10:13 AM
||- - eoincampbell   QUOTE (dilo @ Mar 22 2009, 02:13 AM) Wow...   Mar 22 2009, 05:53 PM
||- - Oersted   QUOTE (eoincampbell @ Mar 22 2009, 06:53 ...   Mar 23 2009, 02:04 PM
||- - MahFL   I hope the old girl is not out of breath after dri...   Mar 23 2009, 02:09 PM
|- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 22 2009, 04:04 AM)...   Mar 23 2009, 01:38 AM
- - Tesheiner   Indeed. Anybody wants to give a try on calculating...   Mar 22 2009, 10:36 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 22 2009, 11:36 AM)...   Mar 22 2009, 07:03 PM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (fredk @ Mar 22 2009, 07:03 PM) It ...   Mar 23 2009, 10:12 AM
- - Stu   Whoah... that's one seriously interesting rock...   Mar 22 2009, 05:25 PM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 22 2009, 11:25 AM) Whoah...   Mar 22 2009, 05:42 PM
|- - dburt   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 22 2009, 10:25 AM) Whoah...   Mar 23 2009, 10:01 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (dburt @ Mar 23 2009, 04:01 PM) Agr...   Mar 24 2009, 12:18 AM
- - jamescanvin   Beautiful view towards the west on sol 1852. J...   Mar 22 2009, 07:12 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Mar 22 2009, 07:12 P...   Mar 23 2009, 01:46 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 23 2009, 01:46 PM) In...   Mar 23 2009, 02:29 PM
|- - ustrax   Yes, you're right, that's Grissom and I mu...   Mar 23 2009, 03:01 PM
- - ngunn   Can we see the dust devil (or another one) there t...   Mar 22 2009, 07:53 PM
|- - mhoward   There was a dust devil on the right side of that m...   Mar 22 2009, 08:29 PM
- - climber   If I read Eduardo's route map correctly we...   Mar 23 2009, 10:19 PM
- - James Sorenson   QUOTE (climber @ Mar 23 2009, 02:19 PM) I...   Mar 23 2009, 11:24 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Mar 23 2009, 05:2...   Mar 24 2009, 12:24 AM
- - Tesheiner   Its not the first time we address this topic about...   Mar 24 2009, 06:33 AM
- - Tesheiner   We are approaching the NW corner! Have a look ...   Mar 24 2009, 10:07 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 24 2009, 10:07 AM)...   Mar 24 2009, 11:20 AM
||- - MahFL   Can we have a route map update ?   Mar 24 2009, 12:49 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 24 2009, 03:07 AM)...   Mar 24 2009, 01:34 PM
- - jamescanvin   Nice. I think I'm right in thinking that the...   Mar 24 2009, 10:28 AM
- - Tesheiner   Take it easy! It's lunch time here in Spai...   Mar 24 2009, 12:57 PM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 24 2009, 01:57 PM)...   Mar 24 2009, 04:43 PM
- - JayB   With these great long drags, is there any concern ...   Mar 24 2009, 02:18 PM
|- - john_s   I'm imagining the thought experiment of taking...   Mar 24 2009, 02:43 PM
||- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (john_s @ Mar 24 2009, 06:43 AM) I...   Mar 24 2009, 05:23 PM
||- - john_s   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Mar 24 2009, 05:23 P...   Mar 25 2009, 12:25 AM
||- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (john_s @ Mar 24 2009, 05:25 PM) Am...   Mar 25 2009, 01:57 AM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (JayB @ Mar 24 2009, 08:18 AM) With...   Mar 24 2009, 10:01 PM
|- - Oersted   QUOTE (BrianL @ Mar 24 2009, 11:01 PM) We...   Mar 25 2009, 03:26 PM
- - Tesheiner   Not now but during summer vacations maybe. Back ...   Mar 24 2009, 05:13 PM
- - Floyd   That is a great movie Paolo, I memember watching i...   Mar 24 2009, 06:59 PM
- - climber   Whoa! I didn't thought you could drive so ...   Mar 24 2009, 07:27 PM
|- - Oersted   QUOTE (climber @ Mar 24 2009, 08:27 PM) W...   Mar 24 2009, 09:18 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (climber @ Mar 24 2009, 11:27 AM) W...   Mar 24 2009, 11:05 PM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Mar 24 2009, 11:05 P...   Mar 25 2009, 12:43 PM
|- - MahFL   This is a nice view. Crater rim.   Mar 25 2009, 12:45 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (MahFL @ Mar 25 2009, 01:45 PM) Cra...   Mar 25 2009, 02:34 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   It looks like Spirit's trying to build a canal...   Mar 24 2009, 07:47 PM
|- - climber   Schiaparelli, get out of Dan's body!   Mar 24 2009, 07:51 PM
|- - Geert   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 25 2009, 03:47 A...   Mar 25 2009, 12:32 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Geert @ Mar 24 2009, 05:32 PM) I w...   Mar 25 2009, 02:02 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Mar 24 2009, 06:02 P...   Mar 25 2009, 02:00 PM
||- - ilbasso   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 25 2009, 09:00 A...   Mar 25 2009, 05:52 PM
|- - HughFromAlice   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Mar 25 2009, 11:32 A...   Mar 25 2009, 07:20 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (HughFromAlice @ Mar 25 2009, 11:20...   Mar 25 2009, 07:28 PM
- - Stu   Lovely detail and depth of field in this new view ...   Mar 24 2009, 09:07 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 24 2009, 10:07 PM) Lovel...   Mar 24 2009, 09:48 PM
- - Astro0   Nearly back to the original BBQ spot! I wonder...   Mar 24 2009, 09:31 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Mar 24 2009, 01:31 PM) I ...   Mar 24 2009, 11:22 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 24 2009, 05:22 P...   Mar 25 2009, 12:46 AM
- - Tesheiner   This is from Scott Maxwell's blog "Mars a...   Mar 25 2009, 09:24 AM
- - climber   15.000 years: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/fr/arcnat...   Mar 25 2009, 06:14 PM
- - ilbasso   Although maybe a little better protected in the ca...   Mar 25 2009, 06:35 PM
- - fredk   There were great pictures and some discussion in t...   Mar 25 2009, 08:34 PM
- - Astro0   Back in the West Valley... An enhanced view of Gri...   Mar 25 2009, 11:29 PM
|- - ustrax   Hmm...here wondering...how far is that?   Mar 26 2009, 08:09 AM
- - jamescanvin   About 7.5km from the landing site. http://marsrov...   Mar 26 2009, 08:35 AM
- - Tesheiner   ... producing 230 Wh/day. A bit difficult, yes. N...   Mar 26 2009, 08:59 AM
- - mhoward   Navcam anaglyph mosaic facing east, sol 1858. 180x...   Mar 26 2009, 03:03 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (mhoward @ Mar 26 2009, 04:03 PM) L...   Mar 26 2009, 04:17 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 26 2009, 08:17 AM)...   Mar 26 2009, 07:26 PM
- - Tesheiner   This navcam picture is pointing to the site Spirit...   Mar 26 2009, 03:06 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 26 2009, 03:06 PM)...   Mar 26 2009, 03:26 PM
|- - alan   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Mar 26 2009, 10:26 A...   Mar 28 2009, 10:09 PM
- - BrianL   Well, at least one rover is on the move. I really ...   Mar 26 2009, 03:34 PM
- - Marz   I'd agree that hugging Home Plate's base s...   Mar 26 2009, 06:17 PM
- - climber   IIRC, one of the reason for not using the West Val...   Mar 26 2009, 08:03 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (climber @ Mar 26 2009, 01:03 PM) I...   Mar 27 2009, 05:42 AM
- - climber   By the way, here is a link from Ant103 new and ver...   Mar 26 2009, 08:18 PM
- - Ant103   Hé hé hé Climber My version of the West Valley r...   Mar 27 2009, 01:11 AM
- - climber   I think I've found sol 743 weels tracks Vis...   Mar 28 2009, 08:09 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (climber @ Mar 28 2009, 09:09 PM) I...   Mar 29 2009, 03:31 PM
- - Tesheiner   Good catch, climber! Really, really difficult ...   Mar 28 2009, 09:30 PM
- - Tesheiner   Today was driving sol and I just checked the panca...   Mar 29 2009, 10:02 AM
- - Floyd   The Images are down and look at this White Trench....   Mar 29 2009, 02:02 PM
- - JayB   " look at this White Trench. " that...   Mar 29 2009, 04:03 PM
- - Doc   It seems the distribution of the white material is...   Mar 29 2009, 04:13 PM
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