The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
Jul 11 2009, 05:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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. 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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Jul 31 2009, 08:27 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Definite metallic glints apparent as well in this shot; Pasadena, we have an iron-nickel meteorite!
Phil, I can buy the ejecta covering/exhumation idea for transporting the blueberries up there. The average thickness of the dust layer (dunes excluded) doesn't seem to be more than 50 cm or so (if that) and am beginning to suspect that this thickness has been steady-state over the past billion years or so. The rate of deposition from normal atmospheric fallout is at equilibrium with the rate of erosion...until something big goes splat & buries an area for awhile. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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