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 23 2009, 11:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
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Mar 24 2009, 12:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
It looks like Mars does not like her surface disturbed, WARNING: SHE WILL ERASE!!! . I have to say, I'm surprised that any of the tracks from either MER are still obvious, after that global dust storm they endured. I think it says a lot about the deposition mechanisms that some tracks have been erased, some partially erased, and some hardly erased at all. And that while some seem to have been swept clean, others are fully or partially buried. There are obviously dust traps and dust scourers set up in the ground-level microclimate by the landforms and such; I wish we understood them well enough to be able to maneuver poor Spirit into a scouring location, ASAP! -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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