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 29 2009, 02:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I've been collecting these L0 navcam frames and was meaning to ask about them. Do they serve a purpose such as photometry/sky imaging/characterizing the terrain under uniform lighting/etc, or are they just providing a regular view of the approaching rim of endeavour?
Btw, the R0 navcam jpeg frames from the jpl site are always cleaner than the L0 frames. This R0 frame shows a similar view to those two L0 frames: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...EZP0705R0M1.JPG I think there is a very subtle feature there. |
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Jun 29 2009, 03:03 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
... Do they serve a purpose such as photometry/sky imaging/characterizing the terrain under uniform lighting/etc, or are they just providing a regular view of the approaching rim of endeavour? ... Nope, their sole goal is to document the approach to Endeavour. I'm sure someone can make scientific use of it, but the idea was just that, documentation of the approach. 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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