Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 3A: In-situ science at the Kimberley, Sol 596 [Apr 10,'14] to 633 [May 18, '14] |
Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 3A: In-situ science at the Kimberley, Sol 596 [Apr 10,'14] to 633 [May 18, '14] |
Apr 11 2014, 01:34 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
As Curiosity has completed walking the Kimberley outcrop and the science team has decided to go in for some in-situ work that could lead to our first drilled sample since Yellowknife Bay a year ago, I thought it was time to split to a new thread. Keep using the previous thread for the work up to sol 596, which includes numerous Mastcam panoramas of the initial survey of the Kimberley that will probably take many weeks to downlink completely; I figure splitting it here will help us keep the active mission separate from the lagging arrival of data from that survey.
A few links for housekeeping purposes: Curiosity got the first good look at the north edge of the Kimberley on sol 572 - route map Curiosity drove 'round the northeast corner (Mount Joseph) to sight the east side of the Kimberley on sol 589 - route map -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Apr 18 2014, 02:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
I was looking at the HiRISE DTM for the area & it looks like the peak of Mt. Remarkable is about 6 meters above the current rover position--is that right? Here's a map with 1m contours:
0.25m contours: -------------------- |
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