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Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735
Stu
post Oct 4 2011, 12:20 PM
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Oppy's next destination - the Shoemaker Ridge...

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(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! smile.gif

Edit: looks like Oppy's on the move... smile.gif

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...84P1211L0M1.JPG


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Bill Harris
post Oct 12 2011, 12:15 PM
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The lineations are indeed not readily visible from ground level. The sparse detritus overlying them "shields" the view at low viewing angles from the ground and blocks less in the "vertical" view of aerials. And they are undoubtedly mineralized joints or fractures, a form of low-temperature hydrothermal activity (a new word to bandy about). Probably created as stress-relief features from the unloading of the surface as the Endeavour rim has eroded (see them all the time in Appalachia) but they may also be related to shock from the concussion of the Endeavour impact (or earlier impacts). They are probably quite common here, but typically are less-visible and covered with the detritus of weathered material whereas at the spot the loose stuff has evidently been transported away. Notice that the Rover tracks sometimes disappear without an obvious change in the albedo or texture of the surface, so there is something different happening here.

Remember that we got a "preview" of lineations when we first arrived at CY and rushed by those fine, reddish lineations on the way to Odyssey. At any rate, the mineralogy of these structures will give great insight into conditions of the time. And a prequel of what cousin Curiosity ought to be looking at in Gale crater.

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- Stu   Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse   Oct 4 2011, 12:20 PM
- - fredk   It looks like the 2735 move was towards the west, ...   Oct 4 2011, 02:23 PM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 2 2011, 08:41 AM...   Oct 4 2011, 05:36 PM
- - charborob   Navcam panorama of Oppy's position on sol 2735...   Oct 5 2011, 12:32 PM
- - jvandriel   The Pancam L2 view from Sol 2735 and 2736 stitched...   Oct 5 2011, 07:45 PM
- - fredk   Looks like a good drive roughly to the north (away...   Oct 6 2011, 02:13 PM
- - Bill Harris   It looks as though they're heading along the r...   Oct 6 2011, 02:49 PM
|- - Matt Lenda   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 6 2011, 06:49 AM...   Oct 7 2011, 02:39 AM
- - Tesheiner   Looking north on this image, CY looks almost flat ...   Oct 6 2011, 06:07 PM
- - jvandriel   The Navcam L0 view in the drive direction on Sol 2...   Oct 6 2011, 06:12 PM
- - fredk   This looks like a precariously perched rock: But ...   Oct 6 2011, 07:51 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 6 2011, 08:51 PM) a pr...   Oct 6 2011, 09:26 PM
- - PDP8E   10x precariously perched rock (noise cancel on st...   Oct 7 2011, 03:01 AM
- - Bill Harris   Ah, I remember reading about the need to winter-ov...   Oct 7 2011, 04:52 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (PDP8E @ Oct 6 2011, 09:01 PM) 10x ...   Oct 7 2011, 05:58 AM
- - mhoward   Here's the Sol 2737 Pancam mosaic anaglyph. Wa...   Oct 7 2011, 06:02 AM
- - Explorer1   At the far north-east corner is that odd straight ...   Oct 7 2011, 06:45 AM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Oct 7 2011, 08:45 AM) ...   Oct 7 2011, 09:52 AM
- - fredk   It looks like another substantial drive northish o...   Oct 7 2011, 02:13 PM
- - mhoward   This isn't precisely accurate (unless the rove...   Oct 7 2011, 03:37 PM
- - Stu   Wow... every time you do that I get a real slap-ac...   Oct 7 2011, 06:00 PM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 7 2011, 11:00 AM) Anyone...   Oct 7 2011, 07:21 PM
- - climber   I agree Stu...but mind...it's gona be "wo...   Oct 7 2011, 07:09 PM
- - fredk   Shoemaker Ridge looks pretty subtle from this side...   Oct 7 2011, 07:57 PM
- - ngunn   Really beautiful (and obviously well constructed) ...   Oct 7 2011, 09:54 PM
- - Explorer1   Yes vikingmars, that's what I meant. Does it h...   Oct 8 2011, 12:16 AM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Oct 8 2011, 02:16 AM) ...   Oct 8 2011, 12:57 PM
- - mhoward   Sol 2738 Pancam mosaic right anaglyph I recommend...   Oct 8 2011, 04:50 PM
- - Stu   Love these low Sun angle views...   Oct 8 2011, 09:21 PM
- - fredk   My estimate of our location after the 2739 drive: ...   Oct 8 2011, 10:25 PM
- - Stu   QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 8 2011, 11:25 PM) And ...   Oct 9 2011, 05:55 AM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 8 2011, 10:55 PM) two ne...   Oct 9 2011, 06:17 AM
- - Stu   They were *before* the drive? Sorry, should have c...   Oct 9 2011, 06:50 AM
- - jvandriel   The Navcam L0 view on Sol 2738. Jan van Driel   Oct 9 2011, 08:39 AM
- - jvandriel   and the Pancam L2 view on Sol 2738. Jan van Driel...   Oct 9 2011, 08:52 AM
- - Oersted   The slopes up ahead look promising for opportuniti...   Oct 9 2011, 02:56 PM
|- - MoreInput   Funny, instead of slowly driving north to search f...   Oct 9 2011, 06:37 PM
|- - fredk   Yeah, my impression is they want to map out any no...   Oct 9 2011, 07:53 PM
- - Of counsel   By my estimate, we're now on the southern edge...   Oct 9 2011, 08:12 PM
- - mhoward   A single Navcam image has made it to the web - one...   Oct 9 2011, 08:15 PM
- - climber   I'm a bit confused not to stay "lost...   Oct 9 2011, 10:42 PM
- - fredk   I'm not sure if this will help, but generally ...   Oct 9 2011, 11:25 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 10 2011, 01:25 AM) I...   Oct 10 2011, 01:15 PM
- - Bill Harris   Interesting place, this Ridge of Shoemaker. FIrs...   Oct 10 2011, 02:23 AM
- - mhoward   Quite a view. Sol 2740 360x80 degree Navcam left ...   Oct 10 2011, 02:35 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (mhoward @ Oct 10 2011, 04:35 AM) Q...   Oct 10 2011, 06:48 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 9 2011, 08:23 PM...   Oct 10 2011, 04:24 AM
- - fredk   Yep - I don't recall a group of globby cobbles...   Oct 10 2011, 04:38 AM
- - mhoward   Where do you even start with a place like this? Wi...   Oct 10 2011, 04:54 AM
- - mhoward   Here's a version of the 360x80 degree Navcam a...   Oct 10 2011, 05:13 AM
- - Bill Harris   Curious, yes. Note that the cobbles all have a l...   Oct 10 2011, 06:05 AM
|- - Ron Hobbs   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 9 2011, 10:05 PM...   Oct 11 2011, 12:19 AM
- - Bill Harris   Good application of a circular panorama. Compare ...   Oct 10 2011, 11:11 AM
- - Phil Stooke   My version of mhoward's nice panorama in circu...   Oct 10 2011, 01:38 PM
- - Bill Harris   I uploaded to the PhotoBucket site an index image ...   Oct 10 2011, 04:59 PM
- - Sunspot   Do those rectangular features correspond to the cl...   Oct 10 2011, 05:22 PM
- - Floyd   Nope, just the foundation stones of the old fort.   Oct 10 2011, 05:38 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Now we know where it landed after it was sent spin...   Oct 10 2011, 07:10 PM
- - fredk   Nice view from sol 2736 showing Odyssey ejecta, th...   Oct 10 2011, 08:12 PM
- - mhoward   Not seamless, but... (Sol 2736 "Kirkland Lake...   Oct 10 2011, 10:23 PM
- - Stu   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 10 2011, 08:10 P...   Oct 11 2011, 12:19 AM
- - Bill Harris   And the P2405 sequence images today from Sol -2739...   Oct 11 2011, 12:36 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 11 2011, 12:36 A...   Oct 11 2011, 12:48 AM
- - eoincampbell   Don't want to Tar dis thread but... I hope we ...   Oct 11 2011, 12:38 AM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE (Ron_Hobbs)Those 'rectangular lineations...   Oct 11 2011, 12:51 AM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE (FredK)I'd say that pancam sequence is l...   Oct 11 2011, 12:56 AM
- - fredk   Here's an identification of features to the NE...   Oct 11 2011, 01:24 AM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 10 2011, 07:24 PM) Her...   Oct 11 2011, 01:33 AM
- - fredk   Yeah, I should say - I couldn't've made th...   Oct 11 2011, 03:23 AM
- - CosmicRocker   This paper associates phyllosilicates with polygon...   Oct 11 2011, 06:17 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 11 2011, 06:17 ...   Oct 11 2011, 02:56 PM
- - Stu   Colour mosaic, showing lots of rugged rocky goodne...   Oct 11 2011, 07:03 PM
- - stevesliva   Are those clouds? I know the vertical stuff is du...   Oct 11 2011, 08:00 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Oct 11 2011, 09:00 PM...   Oct 11 2011, 08:17 PM
|- - fredk   No time to check, but it looks like we've driv...   Oct 11 2011, 08:22 PM
|- - ngunn   [quote name='fredk' date='Oct 11 2011,...   Oct 11 2011, 09:59 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 11 2011, 08:22 PM) No ...   Oct 12 2011, 12:19 AM
- - Stu   Oooooohhhh....   Oct 11 2011, 08:24 PM
- - Stu   Just to give a sense of scale of these features, h...   Oct 11 2011, 09:11 PM
- - jamescanvin   My version of the Kirkland Lake mosaic: That is...   Oct 11 2011, 09:42 PM
- - mhoward   Sol 2742 Navcam 360x80 left right anaglyph   Oct 11 2011, 11:09 PM
- - mhoward   Because this area might just be of particular inte...   Oct 11 2011, 11:16 PM
- - Bill Harris   New enhanced crop of HiRISE image ESP_024015_1775 ...   Oct 11 2011, 11:23 PM
- - Jam Butty   The 'back' of Stoughton, Pancam sol 2736, ...   Oct 12 2011, 03:08 AM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (Jam Butty @ Oct 11 2011, 08:08 PM)...   Oct 12 2011, 03:11 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 11 2011, 03:42 P...   Oct 12 2011, 04:05 AM
- - CosmicRocker   This is some of the most amazing imagery we have e...   Oct 12 2011, 04:57 AM
- - Bill Harris   The lineations are indeed not readily visible from...   Oct 12 2011, 12:15 PM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE (CR)I love this outcrop Indeed-- there is so...   Oct 12 2011, 12:27 PM
- - Stu   Just for fun - but scale is correct - a couple of ...   Oct 12 2011, 01:29 PM
- - fredk   Nice post about the current mapping strategy at Le...   Oct 12 2011, 02:25 PM
- - Bill Harris   Neat. Does anyone know a public source for the to...   Oct 12 2011, 02:45 PM
- - Jam Butty   Small outcrop on Shoemaker Ridge 'B' Navca...   Oct 13 2011, 12:27 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 12 2011, 08:45 A...   Oct 13 2011, 05:48 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE Here — context image! Take it! You...   Oct 13 2011, 06:07 AM
- - Bill Harris   I wasn't able to find an "OSU" on th...   Oct 13 2011, 10:28 AM
- - Phil Stooke   OSU - Ohio State University, where Dr. Ron Li and ...   Oct 13 2011, 10:46 AM
- - Bill Harris   Yes, I saw Li's CV and know what OSU is and la...   Oct 13 2011, 11:05 AM
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