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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Nov 20 2011, 09:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4251 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I think we are seeing the Dagger, but heavily foreshortened since CY is so flat for the most part. Here are some measurements to back that up. I've identified a little knob in both orbital and navcam views (indicated with a white arrow in both). (The navcam is a stack of L/R to improve S/N.) The far side of the "mouth" of the Dagger should be 8 degrees to the right of that knob. We can now see plenty more than that. So it looks like the little dark notch in Stu's stretch is the Dagger.
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Nov 21 2011, 05:48 AM
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