Exploring Mt Sharp - The Dunes - Part 1: Bagnold Dunes, Site 51-53, Sol 1172-1273, November 24, 2015-March 6, 2016 |
Exploring Mt Sharp - The Dunes - Part 1: Bagnold Dunes, Site 51-53, Sol 1172-1273, November 24, 2015-March 6, 2016 |
Nov 23 2015, 12:41 PM
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Midnight Planets reporting that Curiosity moved approximately 46.2m SSE (161ş) on Sol 1172. LINK Quick and Dirty L-NavCam using the 5 available frames (MS ICE), reduced ~10% to get within the UL limit
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Dec 7 2015, 05:54 PM
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Upper layer of sand might have a bit of grain interlocking going on. It looks like they just rolled in from the side when the wheel trench slumped.
Murray Buttes - Sol 1181 Murray Buttes - Sol 1181 by Justin Cowart, on Flickr I debayered the images in gmic, and cleaned up color artifacts with the 'color replacement' tool in Photoshop. A bit of sharpening and color adjustments, and it was good to go! |
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Dec 8 2015, 02:16 AM
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Upper layer of sand might have a bit of grain interlocking going on. It looks like they just rolled in from the side when the wheel trench slumped. Interesting Thanks for the feedbackCreat Processing of those Bayer encoded images guys Here is the Mission Update by Lauren Edgar: Sols 1187-1188: Analyzing bedrock and sand LINK QUOTE After successfully completing a mobility test last week (as seen by our wheel tracks through this sand patch), Curiosity drove ~35 m toward a dune that is now named “Namib.” We’ve accomplished a lot of reconnaissance imaging of the dunes, and we’re looking ahead to monitoring the dune slipface and sampling the chemistry and mineralogy of an active dune. We’ve also acquired some beautiful close-up images of the sand grains, as seen in the above MAHLI image that just came down.
Today’s 2-sol plan includes a targeted science block followed by a drive and post-drive imaging, and an untargeted science block on the second sol. Sol 1187 includes several ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the local bedrock at targets named “Rehoboth,” “Hamilton_Range,” and “Twyfelfontein.” We’re also testing out some software for autonomous target selection. Then we’ll drive towards the “Namib” dune and take post-drive imaging to prepare for future targeting. Overnight, Curiosity will perform a SAM Electrical Baseline Test to make sure that the power and data interfaces are all operating smoothly. On the second sol we’ll use ChemCam, Mastcam, and Navcam to monitor the composition and opacity of the atmosphere and search for dust devils. |
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