MSL Post First Drive - Intermission, Start of Drive to Glenelg, Intermission between CAP 1B and 2 - Sols 17 through 29 |
MSL Post First Drive - Intermission, Start of Drive to Glenelg, Intermission between CAP 1B and 2 - Sols 17 through 29 |
Aug 23 2012, 02:39 PM
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Curiosity's Cap 1B phase was completed yesterday with the successful first drive, so now we're going into "Intermission." Dan Limonadi's guest post on the Society blog has great explanations of what all these phases mean.
QUOTE There is an “intermission” that the science team will have between CAP 1B and CAP 2. The intermission will include initial drives away from the landing site, more in-depth ChemCam and Mastcam characterization and science observations, and the first SAM atmospheric science experiment. The total length of this period depends on how long the science team wants to drive before carrying on with sample chain checkout activities. The key flavor difference of intermission is that science is more in the driver’s seat and not trying to squeeze in between higher priority engineering checkout activities that have priority during CAP 1 and 2. Our current plan is to complete a significant fraction of our drive to Glenelg during intermission Keep discussion of sol 9-16 imaging in the relevant thread -- not all of those full-frame Mastcam images are down yet.
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Aug 25 2012, 04:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Yes, great work Parai'
My own version (full res available by clicking the image) : And there is also a M34 pan, incomplete for now, I think. The M100 vertical pan is pretty large in vertical. Imagine now a full 360° acqured with this camera. No, my computer will die way a lot before finishing stitching only a half of the pano. A quick math : The last M34 pan was 29 006 px wide for 3635 height. This column from M100 is 14 799 px, so about 14 800 px. A little cross product : 29 006 => x 3 635 => 14 800 y => 29 006 × 14 800 / 3 635 y => 118 098 So, this will result in a panoramic of about 118 000 pixels wide !! This is HUGE ! Is there computer which can just open such a huge picture ? I pass my hand… -------------------- |
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