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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Jun 23 2009, 02:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 21-April 05 Member No.: 328 |
Speaking of shorelines, I'm sure most of you know that there is yet another recent paper indicating the presence of lakes on Mars. Here's the link:
http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/7e9c22ec0cd...4ed2e29f16.html |
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Jun 23 2009, 10:10 PM
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Member Group: Senior Member Posts: 136 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 1022 |
Speaking of shorelines, I'm sure most of you know that there is yet another recent paper indicating the presence of lakes on Mars. Here's the link: http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/7e9c22ec0cd...4ed2e29f16.html It's a fault scarp. (see my post in "Earthlike Mars") -Tim. |
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Jun 27 2009, 09:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
For fans of Iazu crater here's a Google Earth overlay of moc frame m1001349.
Iazu_Crater__MOC_Image_m1001349_.kml ( 646bytes )
Number of downloads: 536
It's not sourced from a map projected version of the image so the registration isn't as great as it could be but when crudely draped over topography data it does give an OK overview of the differences between the older, shallower Endeavour and the younger pedestal crater to the south. Check out that deep stack of sediments at Iazu's north rim! Why not use a proper map projected version of the image? Because then I'd either have to put up with a conspicuous frame or set the frame to be transparent. Doing the latter would require altering the image file, so I would no longer be able to link to an image already available online! |
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Jun 28 2009, 08:19 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 27-May 09 From: Burgundy Member No.: 4798 |
I think we can barely see a new part of Endeavour in these navcams just on the left of "Cook":
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...G6P1994L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...NVP1994L0M1.JPG Waiting for pancams. I think a peak north of "Cook" could match (far rim or east rim) . Any idea Rui or James ? |
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Jun 28 2009, 01:39 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
I think we can barely see a new part of Endeavour in these navcams just on the left of "Cook": ... P1994 is a single frame, single eye navcam frame I asked to take at the end of each drive since we left Duck Bay. Every drive sol in the same direction, roughly pointed at Endeavour. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jun 28 2009, 09:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
P1994 is a single frame, single eye navcam frame I asked to take at the end of each drive since we left Duck Bay. Every drive sol in the same direction, roughly pointed at Endeavour. Paolo Got it! Now I understand the "MovieFrame" in the sequence name. Anyone wants to have a try building the movie up to date? |
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