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Julius
post Dec 15 2010, 11:17 PM
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post Dec 16 2010, 08:42 PM
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What a chasm!
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And some mighty fine rover driving!
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol2451
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- Julius   Santa Maria!   Dec 15 2010, 11:17 PM
- - Stu   On the slope of Santa Maria...   Dec 15 2010, 11:58 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 16 2010, 12:58 AM) On th...   Dec 16 2010, 01:46 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (fredk @ Dec 16 2010, 02:46 AM) Jud...   Dec 16 2010, 08:24 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (climber @ Dec 16 2010, 08:24 AM) S...   Dec 16 2010, 10:05 AM
- - Sunspot   Hopefully we will get some close ups of Crocodile ...   Dec 16 2010, 12:46 AM
- - belleraphon1   WHOA!!!! I was 23 when the Viking...   Dec 16 2010, 01:21 AM
- - nprev   Man, did I pick a heckuva day to move!!...   Dec 16 2010, 04:58 AM
- - Bobby   Anyone here see any Rocks the Rover Scientist will...   Dec 16 2010, 06:38 AM
|- - dilo   First rough stitch of Navcam pictures (alignment o...   Dec 16 2010, 07:34 AM
|- - walfy   This crater is way more fascinating than I expecte...   Dec 16 2010, 07:40 AM
- - Astro0   From the most recent monthly Rover report on TPS: ...   Dec 16 2010, 09:51 AM
- - Floyd   Five years ago, Scott was driving Spirit up to Com...   Dec 16 2010, 12:43 PM
- - climber   Thanks James and AstroNAUT, as for the route map, ...   Dec 16 2010, 12:59 PM
- - fredk   I was surprized to find some specific plans in the...   Dec 16 2010, 03:58 PM
- - climber   I'd said this is positive. As you point out ne...   Dec 16 2010, 04:46 PM
|- - mars loon   see my Sol 2450 article and mosaic here plus sever...   Dec 16 2010, 05:06 PM
- - Stu   "Tail Rock"... There are going to be ...   Dec 16 2010, 05:16 PM
- - Toma B   There should be some amazing images coming soon to...   Dec 16 2010, 06:05 PM
- - charborob   We're like a pack of wolves waiting eagerly to...   Dec 16 2010, 06:13 PM
- - Stu   Some personal thoughts on our arrival at Santa Mar...   Dec 16 2010, 06:17 PM
|- - Julius   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 16 2010, 06:17 PM) Some ...   Dec 16 2010, 06:48 PM
- - Stu   Well, we have our first name... and some colour sh...   Dec 16 2010, 06:26 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 16 2010, 07:26 PM) Well,...   Dec 16 2010, 07:34 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   Juan de la Cosa (c.1460-1509) was a Spanish cartog...   Dec 16 2010, 07:40 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 16 2010, 08:40 P...   Dec 16 2010, 08:21 PM
- - Stu   Santa Maria crew names here... http://www.immigra...   Dec 16 2010, 07:53 PM
- - jamescanvin   Wow thats one big hole! http://qt.exploratori...   Dec 16 2010, 08:41 PM
- - fredk   What a chasm! And some mighty fine rover driv...   Dec 16 2010, 08:42 PM
- - elakdawalla   WOW! (that is all)   Dec 16 2010, 08:43 PM
- - Burmese   The interior, what we can already see, does indeed...   Dec 16 2010, 08:46 PM
- - Explorer1   Worth the wait, eh? Any estimates how deep it i...   Dec 16 2010, 08:48 PM
- - charborob   Partial pan.   Dec 16 2010, 08:51 PM
- - Tesheiner   Watch your step, baby! PS: updated map, tomor...   Dec 16 2010, 08:56 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Dec 16 2010, 09:56 PM)...   Dec 16 2010, 09:02 PM
- - NickF   *peer*   Dec 16 2010, 08:57 PM
- - climber   Will not be very easy to get closer here or somewh...   Dec 16 2010, 09:01 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Hey Scott remember to set the parking brake.   Dec 16 2010, 09:02 PM
- - jamescanvin   A quick stitch   Dec 16 2010, 09:12 PM
- - climber   We're driving forward again: http://qt.explora...   Dec 16 2010, 09:17 PM
- - Stu   What a place...   Dec 16 2010, 09:18 PM
|- - belleraphon1   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 16 2010, 04:18 PM) What ...   Dec 17 2010, 02:23 AM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 16 2010, 10:18 PM) What ...   Dec 17 2010, 08:18 AM
- - Julius   Magnificent Mars!   Dec 16 2010, 09:22 PM
- - PDP8E   Opportunity spun around this sol and started to dr...   Dec 16 2010, 09:25 PM
- - jvandriel   Partial Navcam view on Sol 2451. I will add more i...   Dec 16 2010, 09:30 PM
- - mhoward   RE: Santa Maria!   Dec 16 2010, 09:32 PM
- - fredk   That fhaz view is absolutely stunning. It looks l...   Dec 16 2010, 09:38 PM
- - jamescanvin   A quick attempt at matching features. My normally ...   Dec 16 2010, 09:44 PM
- - climber   Looks like there are some "fractures":   Dec 16 2010, 10:28 PM
- - Hungry4info   Looks far too steep to take the rover in.   Dec 16 2010, 10:39 PM
- - fredk   Those ID's look good, James. Following your l...   Dec 16 2010, 10:41 PM
- - brellis   It's like a whole new mission! This time,...   Dec 16 2010, 10:46 PM
- - Ant103   AMAZING crater ! I didn't had the time to ...   Dec 16 2010, 10:52 PM
|- - Nirgal   just ... WOW !   Dec 16 2010, 11:48 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Dec 16 2010, 11:52 PM) AM...   Dec 17 2010, 07:18 AM
- - Stu   Really nice shout-out for UMSF from Jim Bell on Tw...   Dec 16 2010, 10:52 PM
- - mhoward   Here's an animation of the approach on YouTube...   Dec 16 2010, 11:11 PM
|- - ustrax   And Oppy did it again...what a D-A-Y! Play th...   Dec 16 2010, 11:14 PM
- - MoreInput   Today is Christmas time ... can't wait any lon...   Dec 16 2010, 11:17 PM
- - jasedm   It's really hard (for me at least ) to get a s...   Dec 17 2010, 01:00 AM
- - SFJCody   What a beauty! This is far more picturesque th...   Dec 17 2010, 01:01 AM
|- - Explorer1   Gosh those were the days, before Endeavor was name...   Dec 17 2010, 01:25 AM
- - MERovingian   Oh my God! It's like Opportunity has lande...   Dec 17 2010, 02:21 AM
- - nprev   It's times like this that I feel lucky just to...   Dec 17 2010, 03:09 AM
|- - MERovingian   UNNECESSARY QUOTING REMOVED - ADMIN That's ju...   Dec 17 2010, 03:33 AM
- - fredk   A bit more detail about the SE rim of Santa Maria ...   Dec 17 2010, 04:19 AM
- - lyford   OMG I CAN'T *clink* BELIEVE HOW *clink* BEAUTI...   Dec 17 2010, 04:26 AM
- - Bobby   I think of all the Craters Opportunity has visited...   Dec 17 2010, 04:48 AM
|- - Oersted   QUOTE (Bobby @ Dec 17 2010, 05:48 AM) I t...   Dec 17 2010, 11:23 AM
|- - dilo   I want to celebrate the event with a wallpaper...   Dec 17 2010, 01:18 PM
- - Arkarch   Very Nice! Congrats to the MER Team. While t...   Dec 17 2010, 05:57 AM
- - neo56   WHAO !!! That's the kind of landsc...   Dec 17 2010, 07:52 AM
- - remcook   Wow! And love the image of the 'opposite s...   Dec 17 2010, 08:14 AM
- - peter59   Look to the left - sol 2451.   Dec 17 2010, 09:44 AM
- - kenny   Peter, did you mean to give us a better image or a...   Dec 17 2010, 10:18 AM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (kenny @ Dec 17 2010, 11:18 AM) Pet...   Dec 17 2010, 10:26 AM
- - Stu   That's the view I'm REALLY looking forward...   Dec 17 2010, 10:25 AM
- - Stu   stamp images panorama...   Dec 17 2010, 03:12 PM
- - climber   Very high quality, Dilo, right on the mission...   Dec 17 2010, 03:16 PM
- - fredk   Thanks for the thumbnail pans, guys! (It...   Dec 17 2010, 03:50 PM
- - elakdawalla   Scott Tweets he has the images! Can't wai...   Dec 17 2010, 05:54 PM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Dec 17 2010, 06:54 P...   Dec 17 2010, 06:05 PM
- - Tesheiner   T - 40 minutes and counting...   Dec 17 2010, 07:55 PM
- - Julius   whats the countdown for??must be missing something...   Dec 17 2010, 07:59 PM
- - djellison   The normal refresh times for the image archive at ...   Dec 17 2010, 08:02 PM
- - Tesheiner   And, as far as I can see, we should get not only t...   Dec 17 2010, 08:16 PM
- - climber   Now starts the 6 minutes of terror   Dec 17 2010, 08:29 PM
|- - MoreInput   QUOTE (climber @ Dec 17 2010, 09:29 PM) N...   Dec 17 2010, 08:36 PM
|- - brianc   Woah I'm staking a claim to this place to open...   Dec 17 2010, 08:48 PM
- - jamescanvin   OMG! http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportun...   Dec 17 2010, 08:36 PM
- - Julius   AWESOME!   Dec 17 2010, 08:43 PM
- - jamescanvin   And don't forget the front hazcams after gawpi...   Dec 17 2010, 08:46 PM
- - SteveM   What strikes me about these pictures -- or about m...   Dec 17 2010, 08:46 PM
- - peter59   The interior of the crater is not available for Op...   Dec 17 2010, 08:50 PM
- - craigmcg   Steep and deep!   Dec 17 2010, 08:50 PM
- - Tesheiner   Beautiful! Here's a quick mosaic.   Dec 17 2010, 08:51 PM
- - climber   Very very close from the edge indeed! If you d...   Dec 17 2010, 08:52 PM
- - NickF   Now that's a fine-looking crater edit - newe...   Dec 17 2010, 08:52 PM
- - Julius   This place is amazing...we have rock layers to stu...   Dec 17 2010, 08:54 PM
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