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The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay
Tesheiner
post Jul 11 2009, 05:57 PM
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Time for a new thread.
After moving southwards for ages, the "detour" by the western path has started with a 60+ meters drive on sol 1942.
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There are no images yet --they should be available on the next update-- so this image was calculated solely based on the rover's mobility info. I'll update the route map later.
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glennwsmith
post Jul 23 2009, 03:26 AM
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Serpens, thanks for the link to the crater diameter calculator -- it is fascinating! And I am perhaps not so far off! A 0.2 m diameter meteor of dense rock (not iron), traveling at 45 km/sec (the upper end of the range for Mars impacts), and striking "competent rock" will create a crater 3.49 m (appx. 12 feet) in diameter.

But Block Island is even more fascinating!!! Is anyone sure that's why we've turned around?
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post Jul 23 2009, 04:19 AM
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Doug has it. It's the biggest thing not associated with a crater that we've seen. And it's not outcrop.

-Tim.
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- Tesheiner   The western route   Jul 11 2009, 05:57 PM
- - Marz   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jul 11 2009, 11:57 AM)...   Jul 12 2009, 03:03 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Marz @ Jul 12 2009, 04:03 AM) Is t...   Jul 12 2009, 08:46 AM
- - MarkG   So, on this last leg to the Martian west, across m...   Jul 12 2009, 05:18 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (MarkG @ Jul 12 2009, 07:18 AM) So,...   Jul 13 2009, 05:32 PM
- - BrianL   I thought we would have had a revised TraxMap (tm)...   Jul 12 2009, 03:34 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (BrianL @ Jul 12 2009, 04:34 PM) I ...   Jul 13 2009, 08:49 AM
- - Astro0   Ustrax: "...not in the direction I expected.....   Jul 13 2009, 11:52 AM
- - BrianL   I meant really revised, Rui. What's your take ...   Jul 13 2009, 01:21 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (BrianL @ Jul 13 2009, 02:21 PM) I ...   Jul 13 2009, 02:24 PM
- - alan   nice view   Jul 13 2009, 04:36 PM
- - Stu   You just beat me to it, Alan. You're right, fa...   Jul 13 2009, 05:49 PM
- - BrianL   <clink> <clink> What are those hills ...   Jul 13 2009, 06:21 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (BrianL @ Jul 13 2009, 07:21 PM) ...   Jul 13 2009, 06:29 PM
- - fredk   Thanks for the heads up, guys, these are great vie...   Jul 13 2009, 06:52 PM
|- - ustrax   Fred, if that's Iazu, let's wrap this Ende...   Jul 13 2009, 07:00 PM
- - jamescanvin   Fred's right that is Iazu again - great view. ...   Jul 13 2009, 07:35 PM
- - Tesheiner   Wow, what a view! I saw that sequence (Iazu...   Jul 13 2009, 08:20 PM
|- - ustrax   James, sorry for asking but, that's not all Ia...   Jul 13 2009, 08:25 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (ustrax @ Jul 13 2009, 09:25 PM) th...   Jul 13 2009, 09:29 PM
- - Stu   Craig Covault - speaking live on SpaceflightNow...   Jul 13 2009, 08:39 PM
- - dvandorn   Stu, my understanding is that the "clays...   Jul 14 2009, 02:00 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Yeah. When Endeavour became the goal, I perused t...   Jul 14 2009, 05:59 AM
- - Tesheiner   Today was another driving sol, where almost 70m we...   Jul 15 2009, 08:57 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I realized that I should have better referenced th...   Jul 16 2009, 05:54 AM
- - climber   I while ago somebody wrote, I think it was Phil, t...   Jul 16 2009, 08:31 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (climber @ Jul 16 2009, 01:31 AM) Y...   Jul 16 2009, 02:12 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 16 2009, 04:12 P...   Jul 16 2009, 03:38 PM
|- - Zeke4ther   Ahhh....a touch of Canadian content...   Jul 16 2009, 09:24 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Can't have too much of that. Phil   Jul 16 2009, 09:47 PM
- - dot.dk   Some good news in the latest update http://mar...   Jul 19 2009, 12:47 PM
|- - ustrax   Hey, are these marks left my Oppy's wheels? I ...   Jul 19 2009, 09:17 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   She has done that before. The bedrock isn't ve...   Jul 19 2009, 11:02 PM
- - Tesheiner   Check the navcams taken during sol 1950: http://qt...   Jul 20 2009, 06:35 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jul 20 2009, 07:35 AM)...   Jul 24 2009, 03:53 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 24 2009, 05:53 AM) Cou...   Jul 24 2009, 08:18 AM
- - Stu   Not sure which crater this is... taken my eye off ...   Jul 20 2009, 11:48 AM
- - Tesheiner   That's Alvin. Here's a navcam mosaic made ...   Jul 20 2009, 04:26 PM
- - fredk   I've been watching Cape St. Mary (Beacon) in ...   Jul 20 2009, 05:00 PM
- - Tesheiner   There was an "albedo pan" taken during s...   Jul 20 2009, 05:12 PM
- - Stu   Others will do better, I'm sure. I just fanc...   Jul 21 2009, 02:36 PM
- - Stu   ... and t'other one...   Jul 21 2009, 02:38 PM
- - dvandorn   Hmmm... how much of what looks like good flat pave...   Jul 22 2009, 01:18 AM
- - glennwsmith   Stu, very nice job on the small meteor craters. C...   Jul 22 2009, 03:30 AM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Jul 22 2009, 03:30 A...   Jul 23 2009, 02:50 AM
- - Tesheiner   I just checked the info from yestersol drive (1952...   Jul 22 2009, 11:10 AM
- - alan   Going back for closer look at this perhaps? From ...   Jul 22 2009, 11:38 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (alan @ Jul 22 2009, 12:38 PM) Goin...   Jul 22 2009, 07:06 PM
|- - SFJCody   Great news! This will take me more time to t...   Jul 22 2009, 07:44 PM
- - Julius   What should we call that!?looks quite big to m...   Jul 22 2009, 01:27 PM
- - Tesheiner   It was named "Block Island". 01946::p25...   Jul 22 2009, 01:48 PM
- - Floyd   Tesheiner, would it be possible put a label for Bl...   Jul 22 2009, 03:03 PM
|- - tim53   QUOTE (Floyd @ Jul 22 2009, 07:03 AM) Tes...   Jul 22 2009, 06:21 PM
- - fredk   "Block Island" is actually a ways south ...   Jul 22 2009, 03:17 PM
- - BrianL   Or this is a repeat of that programming glitch tha...   Jul 22 2009, 03:45 PM
- - Tesheiner   No way that it would be another instance of the ...   Jul 22 2009, 05:02 PM
- - Julius   So now we're sailing in the north atlantic alo...   Jul 22 2009, 05:04 PM
- - fredk   I estimate Block Island is roughly 25 cm tall by 5...   Jul 22 2009, 07:04 PM
- - Reckless   Hi FredK Here's a crop of the region I think y...   Jul 22 2009, 08:01 PM
|- - tim53   Roy: It's in there! -Tim.   Jul 22 2009, 08:25 PM
- - HughFromAlice   Would someone who can see where it is please circl...   Jul 22 2009, 09:22 PM
|- - tim53   QUOTE (HughFromAlice @ Jul 22 2009, 01:22...   Jul 22 2009, 09:35 PM
|- - SFJCody   Wow, that's a long drive back. Whatever it is ...   Jul 22 2009, 09:50 PM
- - djellison   I can well understand why we're going to have ...   Jul 22 2009, 09:46 PM
- - Tesheiner   Thanks for pointing the rock Tim. Added it to the...   Jul 22 2009, 10:22 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   Can someone summarize the reasons their taking the...   Jul 23 2009, 12:28 AM
- - nprev   Hmm. Well, as Doug pointed out, BI is an anomaly i...   Jul 23 2009, 12:48 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 22 2009, 04:48 PM) Tim...   Jul 23 2009, 01:06 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 23 2009, 02:06 A...   Jul 23 2009, 01:22 AM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 23 2009, 01:22 AM) No....   Jul 23 2009, 01:28 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (serpens @ Jul 23 2009, 02:28 AM) S...   Jul 24 2009, 12:12 AM
- - glennwsmith   Serpens, thanks for the link to the crater diamete...   Jul 23 2009, 03:26 AM
|- - tim53   Doug has it. It's the biggest thing not assoc...   Jul 23 2009, 04:19 AM
- - nprev   Certainly reason enough. And there I was, spinning...   Jul 23 2009, 05:04 AM
- - glennwsmith   Alan, my man! What led you to this felicitous...   Jul 23 2009, 05:06 AM
- - alan   Just thought 'hey that looks interesting' ...   Jul 23 2009, 05:36 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (tim53 @ Jul 22 2009, 11:19 PM) Dou...   Jul 23 2009, 06:47 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jul 23 2009, 01:47 ...   Jul 23 2009, 04:20 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 23 2009, 05:20...   Jul 23 2009, 05:41 PM
- - Burmese   But what took the team so long to decide to turn a...   Jul 23 2009, 03:01 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Burmese @ Jul 23 2009, 04:01 PM) B...   Jul 23 2009, 03:14 PM
- - fredk   Thanks for the maps, guys. I now measure the dist...   Jul 23 2009, 03:04 PM
|- - alan   QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 23 2009, 10:04 AM) Do ...   Jul 23 2009, 04:15 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 23 2009, 10:04 AM) Do ...   Jul 23 2009, 04:24 PM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 23 2009, 04:04 PM) Do ...   Jul 23 2009, 11:21 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 23 2009, 10:20...   Jul 24 2009, 04:15 AM
- - glennwsmith   Drksywxlt, yes, the rovers have been sent on some ...   Jul 24 2009, 04:24 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Jul 24 2009, 06:24 A...   Jul 24 2009, 07:25 AM
- - djellison   I guess in the category of 'turn back to go so...   Jul 24 2009, 07:01 AM
- - Tesheiner   Another interesting note in the latest status repo...   Jul 24 2009, 09:55 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The crater namers forgot that they had already use...   Jul 24 2009, 11:00 AM
- - Tesheiner   Thanks for the info, Phil. Time for another map u...   Jul 24 2009, 11:10 AM
- - Tesheiner   Here's our target "Block Island" in ...   Jul 27 2009, 01:24 PM
|- - SFJCody   Two foreign forms on a sand ribbed plain One low ...   Jul 27 2009, 04:38 PM
- - Stu   Land - well, something interesting - ho..!   Jul 27 2009, 04:46 PM
- - BrianL   At this distance and angle, my mind is turning tha...   Jul 27 2009, 08:36 PM
- - Bobby   What are those Crab Fishermen from The Deadliest C...   Jul 27 2009, 08:56 PM
- - glennwsmith   SFJCody, your poem is clever and elegant. It call...   Jul 27 2009, 10:56 PM
- - Enceladus75   The latest traverse map looks puzzling. Does thi...   Jul 28 2009, 02:25 AM
- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Enceladus75 @ Jul 27 2009, 09:25 P...   Jul 28 2009, 03:13 AM
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