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Oct 18 2005, 05:47 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 11-May 05 From: Colorado USA Member No.: 386 |
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Oct 28 2005, 11:09 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 468 Joined: 11-February 04 From: USA Member No.: 21 |
There is fresh activity being seen VERY close to Opportunity, as visible in some of the imaging done earlier today.
5:30 UT : http://marswatch.amaonline.com/10-28-050030.jpg 6:00 UT through 7:59 UT : http://www.arksky.org/asoimg/MarAF4AD5A.jpg I took Dr. P. Clay Sherrod's 07:38 image and fit it to a JPL Solar System Sim image of the same time, which I marked with Opportunity's landing site. I transfered that mark over onto a overlapping version of the webcam image and with permission from Dr. Sherrod I present it here to you. It isn't a perfect lineup or position marking, though as you can see, a little difference goes a long way. This one is close! |
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Oct 28 2005, 09:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
QUOTE (slinted @ Oct 28 2005, 01:09 PM) There is fresh activity being seen VERY close to Opportunity, as visible in some of the imaging done earlier today. OMG this is outstanding spectacular ! from the estimated spreading rate at 35mph and the close location to Opportunity it must be visibily already in the current images (at least as substantial darkening of the sky) Too bad that the exploratorium site is down right now So what does this storm mean for the rover ? hopefully the degradation of solar power will be not too bad to kill the rover eventually.. on the other hand: if Oppy survives this, then chances are that the panel are more clean than before due to the dust cleaning effects of the high wind speeds... This is going to become a really exciting development |
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