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 Dec 15 2010, 11:17 PM
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think it deserves a topic on its own
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Dec 16 2010, 10:52 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1621 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
AMAZING crater ! I didn't had the time to post here, but when I can, I do.
Approaching Santa Maria  Closer…  More closer, Sol 2451  And at the opposite side :  After many sols of flat ground, it's a pleasure to see some "hills" and "caves". -------------------- |
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Dec 17 2010, 07:18 AM
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QUOTE (Ant103 @ Dec 16 2010, 11:52 PM)  AMAZING crater ! I didn't had the time to post here, but when I can, I do. Glad you're still there Ant, I was missing your input. 
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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 Nirgal just ... WOW ! Dec 16 2010, 11:48 PM 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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