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Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point'
ElkGroveDan
post Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM
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Starting a new topic to include Eduardo's Google overlay for the rest of the journey to Cape York:

http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/gmars_ma...41_1775_RED.kml

Follow the link above and it should load right in to your Google Mars features.

I took a low crow's flight along the final 6km this morning. Below in green is what I think the final route will look like. Also an interesting feature along the way that appears to be a cluster of rocks, possibly Santa Maria ejecta, or large meteorite fragments. Note how the dune has evolved around the three (or more) objects. Object is at -2.199395°, -5.396676° -- roughly 3km down range from Santa Maria.

EDIT: bad link replaced, wider context image added for three rocks.
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post Mar 17 2011, 07:33 PM
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And an overall downward slope the rest of the way can't be bad for those poor, sore wheels!
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post Mar 18 2011, 02:16 AM
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QUOTE (Burmese @ Mar 17 2011, 07:33 PM) *
And an overall downward slope the rest of the way can't be bad for those poor, sore wheels!

Hardly a slope. 1:160 means effectively dead flat. The visual representation of these graphs with such different axis metrics can be misleading. But the MOLA passes are pretty far apart here so there could well be swales, bumps and hollows to be found. But overall it does look life the sediments did a real good levelling job on the terrain.
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- ElkGroveDan   Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York   Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM
- - vikingmars   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Feb 8 2011, 04:35 PM...   Feb 8 2011, 11:53 PM
|- - SFJCody   I can see them making a beeline. I think the path ...   Feb 9 2011, 01:35 AM
- - Stu   Members who can't access HiRISE images via the...   Feb 9 2011, 06:53 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   There is an open topic on the Geomorphology of Cap...   Feb 9 2011, 05:08 PM
- - Oersted   No big scientific musings here, I just have to say...   Feb 9 2011, 11:55 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Oersted @ Feb 9 2011, 06:55 PM) .....   Feb 10 2011, 01:02 AM
- - Oersted   We agree. It is totally different from what we hav...   Feb 10 2011, 09:12 AM
- - marsophile   I would guess the MER team would want to get to En...   Feb 10 2011, 05:20 PM
- - djellison   Opportunity, being more equatorial than Spirit, ha...   Feb 11 2011, 02:31 AM
- - marsophile   A late summer or fall dust storm could always make...   Feb 11 2011, 03:55 AM
|- - djellison   Indeed - such an event occurred just before ingres...   Feb 11 2011, 06:51 AM
- - eoincampbell   Might the rover drivers forego the climb of ...   Feb 19 2011, 06:42 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   Per Ray Arvidson at LPSC, Opportunity will start d...   Mar 9 2011, 08:31 PM
- - Stu   Some musings on the road ahead for Oppy... http:/...   Mar 16 2011, 02:02 PM
- - Tesheiner   Your blog is always a pleasant reading, Stu, and I...   Mar 16 2011, 02:47 PM
- - pgrindrod   It's going to be a pretty flat ride!   Mar 17 2011, 09:41 AM
- - Burmese   And an overall downward slope the rest of the way ...   Mar 17 2011, 07:33 PM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (Burmese @ Mar 17 2011, 07:33 PM) A...   Mar 18 2011, 02:16 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 17 2011, 07:16 PM) H...   Mar 18 2011, 06:26 AM
|- - SFJCody   2542 is a driving sol...   Mar 19 2011, 09:42 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Mar 19 2011, 10:42 AM) 2...   Mar 19 2011, 09:04 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 19 2011, 10:04 PM)...   Mar 19 2011, 10:07 PM
- - brellis   ET, thanks in advance for your ongoing efforts...   Mar 17 2011, 10:22 PM
- - Roby72   I´m just curious - is it possible for Oppy to driv...   Mar 19 2011, 12:22 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Roby72 @ Mar 19 2011, 08:22 AM) I´...   Mar 19 2011, 12:46 PM
- - brellis   The scope of Cape York is kinda amazing to conside...   Mar 19 2011, 06:21 PM
- - centsworth_II   Well... Victoria Crater big, anyway. So to exam...   Mar 19 2011, 07:03 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Mar 19 2011, 08:03...   Mar 19 2011, 07:41 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (fredk @ Mar 19 2011, 03:41 PM) ......   Mar 19 2011, 08:41 PM
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- - hendric   Like a leaf in the wind!   Mar 23 2011, 04:37 PM
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- - ElkGroveDan   As noted previously I have been attempting to coin...   Mar 24 2011, 05:36 PM
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|- - Nomadd22   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 24 2011, 01:36 P...   Mar 26 2011, 06:14 PM
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- - CosmicRocker   RE: Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York   Mar 25 2011, 06:17 AM
- - Stu   Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to announce...   Mar 26 2011, 12:31 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 26 2011, 04:31 AM) Ladie...   Mar 26 2011, 01:52 PM
- - Tesheiner   And the navcam thumbnails pointing south. Flat ...   Mar 26 2011, 01:11 PM
- - Stu   Imaginary HiRISE view of Oppy's departure, bas...   Mar 26 2011, 02:24 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   You realize of course, we are now going to expect ...   Mar 26 2011, 02:31 PM
- - Stu   I'll do it for every meteorite we stop at... ...   Mar 26 2011, 02:37 PM
- - Stu   Sigh... ***hate*** it when the image pipeline drie...   Mar 28 2011, 08:30 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 28 2011, 01:30 AM) Sigh....   Mar 28 2011, 01:23 PM
- - Stu   Best I can do with what's available...   Mar 28 2011, 10:49 AM
- - Stu   I know, I know... and I'm not being ungrateful...   Mar 28 2011, 01:27 PM
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- - Stu   Closer view...   Mar 28 2011, 05:52 PM
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- - Stu   ...and how...!   Mar 28 2011, 08:05 PM
- - Stu   Rough 'n ugly Santa Maria departure panorama.....   Mar 28 2011, 09:31 PM
- - mhoward   Fond farewell...   Mar 28 2011, 09:49 PM
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|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (mhoward @ Mar 28 2011, 06:55 PM) (...   Mar 29 2011, 04:41 AM
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|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (paxdan @ Mar 29 2011, 10:14 AM) Lo...   Mar 29 2011, 08:34 PM
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- - Stu   Climbing up out of the local "dip"... Th...   Apr 2 2011, 01:06 PM
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