Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 |
Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 |
Oct 4 2011, 12:20 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Oppy's next destination - the Shoemaker Ridge...
(3D version here http://roadtoendeavour.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sr-3d.jpg ) Some more height...surrounded by lots of gorgeous rocks...view right across Endeavour... our first view too, probably, of the Promised Land in the centre of Cape York where the phylosillicates are waiting to be found... Go get 'em, Oppy! Edit: looks like Oppy's on the move... http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...84P1211L0M1.JPG -------------------- |
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Oct 11 2011, 08:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1598 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Are those clouds? I know the vertical stuff is dust, but there's a horizontal banding in there. Just fill?
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Oct 11 2011, 08:17 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Are those clouds? I know the vertical stuff is dust, but there's a horizontal banding in there. Just fill? Lot of fill at the top, well spotted. Just look at the rocky stuff. -------------------- |
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Oct 11 2011, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4262 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
No time to check, but it looks like we've driven up to the lineations, and they're visible clearly in the navcams now:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol2742 |
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Oct 12 2011, 12:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4262 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
No time to check, but it looks like we've driven up to the lineations I should've checked - we're still a ways short of the main lineations. Here's my best guess of the 2742 location - we appear to be sitting on the edge of a small depression/crater:To my eye, the bright features in the middle of the navcam I posted look quite linear, but they're clearly much too close to be the main "tardis" features. The "tardis" features should be in this frame, roughly where I've circled: Those nearby features may still be related lineations, just too small to see clearly on the hirise view. |
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