Home, Sweet Home, Dream becomes Reality |
Home, Sweet Home, Dream becomes Reality |
 Feb 5 2006, 06:46 PM
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Hope no one minds, but I felt we have to have a new topic, right from the start, as a compendium of all the Factual Observations on this incredible structure...this Mother Ship from another world...this...(who said Burgess Shale? I laughed at that at the time.
 ) Who will start us off with a detailed description of what we see before us TODAY February 5, 2006 - Super Sunday.(I'll be running from game to Exploratorium all afternoon! 
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Feb 6 2006, 07:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 27-April 05 Member No.: 365 |
And the atmosphere is clearing a bit, I think!
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Shaka Home, Sweet Home Feb 5 2006, 06:46 PM
Shaka O.K. We're there, and we might as well start a... Feb 5 2006, 09:44 PM Burmese Ok, the 'Going to Home Plate' thread is ge... Feb 6 2006, 07:02 PM Mongo We already have a new thread about the arrival at ... Feb 6 2006, 07:12 PM Burmese Oops, sorry, didn't spot that one! Feb 6 2006, 07:14 PM mhoward Check out the view out "to sea", as it w... Feb 6 2006, 07:15 PM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (mhoward @ Feb 6 2006, 07:15 PM)althoug... Feb 7 2006, 04:08 PM gpurcell The granular lower level intrigues me. Could be a... Feb 6 2006, 07:44 PM Shaka QUOTE (gpurcell @ Feb 6 2006, 09:44 AM)The gr... Feb 6 2006, 08:34 PM Bill Harris Just off the top of my head: the reason Spirit nee... Feb 6 2006, 09:15 PM vikingmars I hope we will have some time also to climb on top... Feb 6 2006, 09:21 PM Nirgal hand-colorized Sol 744 "Home Plate" pano... Feb 6 2006, 10:46 PM mars loon QUOTE (Nirgal @ Feb 6 2006, 10:46 PM)hand-col... Feb 6 2006, 11:04 PM Steve QUOTE (mars loon @ Feb 6 2006, 11:04 PM)Bernh... Feb 6 2006, 11:17 PM mars loon QUOTE (vikingmars @ Feb 6 2006, 09:21 PM) I h... Feb 6 2006, 11:16 PM RNeuhaus I look forward in hearing from JPL's activity ... Feb 7 2006, 01:40 AM Sunspot They need to put the MI on the rock in the top lef... Feb 7 2006, 01:52 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Sunspot @ Feb 6 2006, 08:52 PM)They ne... Feb 7 2006, 01:58 AM Bill Harris QUOTE The shards of shattered rock need not indica... Feb 7 2006, 01:55 AM Shaka QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Feb 6 2006, 03:55 PM)The... Feb 7 2006, 03:22 AM Sunspot Yep...thats the one. Also Spirit would be in a gr... Feb 7 2006, 02:05 AM Shaka QUOTE (Sunspot @ Feb 6 2006, 04:05 PM)Yep...t... Feb 7 2006, 02:56 AM ddeerrff QUOTE (Sunspot @ Feb 6 2006, 08:52 PM)They ne... Feb 7 2006, 02:59 AM Shaka QUOTE (ddeerrff @ Feb 6 2006, 04:59 PM)You me... Feb 7 2006, 03:25 AM ilbasso That "laminated fallen rock" almost look... Feb 7 2006, 03:00 AM Richard Trigaux Hi all,
there was recently another thread Home Pl... Feb 7 2006, 08:29 AM Bill Harris Richard--
I'm witholding judgement until we k... Feb 7 2006, 10:12 AM dilo Really sweet!
It seems drivers are very, very ... Feb 7 2006, 08:20 PM Shaka QUOTE (dilo @ Feb 7 2006, 10:20 AM)Really swe... Feb 7 2006, 08:35 PM dilo QUOTE (Shaka @ Feb 7 2006, 08:35 PM) Is... Feb 7 2006, 08:54 PM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (dilo @ Feb 7 2006, 08:54 PM)Look at th... Feb 7 2006, 09:09 PM Zeke4ther QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Feb 7 2006, 05:09 PM... Feb 8 2006, 04:45 AM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Feb 7 2006, 10:12 AM)Ric... Feb 7 2006, 08:56 PM Burmese Does this image show Bonneville in the upper left?... Feb 7 2006, 03:43 PM SigurRosFan I mean no, Bonneville is rather behind the rocky h... Feb 7 2006, 04:05 PM Burmese A run, a short followup bump, set the wheels, and ... Feb 7 2006, 08:00 PM jabe QUOTE (Burmese @ Feb 7 2006, 08:00 PM)http://... Feb 7 2006, 08:05 PM Bill Harris I just regained my power of speech and I'm aga... Feb 7 2006, 08:03 PM mhoward This is the view looking 45 degrees down directly ... Feb 7 2006, 08:07 PM odave ...best parking job I've seen since Elwood swu... Feb 7 2006, 08:11 PM Tman The last pictures show so many layers in the Plate... Feb 7 2006, 08:13 PM mhoward Here's a wide view and a "top" view. Feb 7 2006, 08:25 PM jvandriel Here is the view of Homeplate on Sol 744.
Taken w... Feb 7 2006, 08:39 PM jvandriel and here Spirit looking back on Sol 745.
Taken wi... Feb 7 2006, 08:40 PM mhoward Good grief - imagine what the Pancams will look li... Feb 7 2006, 08:41 PM Nirgal QUOTE (mhoward @ Feb 7 2006, 10:41 PM)Good gr... Feb 7 2006, 08:46 PM Shaka QUOTE (Nirgal @ Feb 7 2006, 10:46 AM)latest L... Feb 7 2006, 11:29 PM djellison QUOTE (Shaka @ Feb 7 2006, 11:29 PM)Rats, no ... Feb 8 2006, 08:17 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Terrific pictures, abalone! Thanks.
QUOTE (d... Feb 8 2006, 06:05 PM mhoward Nice, Nirgal! Fast work, too; I'm pretty s... Feb 7 2006, 08:54 PM djellison They wont climb to the top here ( infact, they... Feb 7 2006, 08:55 PM Ames Looks like a good angle to catch some rays and rec... Feb 7 2006, 09:01 PM jvandriel Here is the view from Sol 744 into the drive direc... Feb 7 2006, 09:04 PM SigurRosFan Here's a new rover view ...
Today's (Sol ... Feb 7 2006, 09:14 PM dilo QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Feb 7 2006, 09:14 PM)Her... Feb 7 2006, 09:39 PM mars loon Are there estimates on how high is HP above the su... Feb 7 2006, 11:12 PM dilo QUOTE (mars loon @ Feb 7 2006, 11:12 PM)Are t... Feb 7 2006, 11:30 PM Burmese http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/na...55P19... Feb 7 2006, 09:19 PM Richard Trigaux I must say that there is a tremendous work made to... Feb 7 2006, 09:23 PM djellison two threads merged Feb 7 2006, 09:24 PM Bill Harris QUOTE Are we looking at the bottom of this layered... Feb 7 2006, 11:18 PM abalone Wow!! Feb 8 2006, 07:58 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (abalone @ Feb 8 2006, 08:58 AM)Wow... Feb 8 2006, 09:32 AM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Feb 8 2006, 09:32 AM)Indeed... Feb 8 2006, 07:34 PM dvandorn QUOTE (abalone @ Feb 8 2006, 01:58 AM)Wow... Feb 8 2006, 03:17 PM Tesheiner A combination of two panoramas.
Oppy at Home Plate... Feb 8 2006, 09:22 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Feb 8 2006, 04:22 AM)A com... Feb 8 2006, 04:01 PM abalone Hazcam view Feb 8 2006, 10:28 AM Bill Harris QUOTE Oppy at Home Plate on top, and Spirit at Bur... Feb 8 2006, 11:25 AM djellison It does strongly remind me of Burns Cliff - the mi... Feb 8 2006, 11:30 AM dvandorn There are obviously two different lithologies goin... Feb 8 2006, 04:29 PM Steve QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 8 2006, 04:29 PM)There ... Feb 8 2006, 05:16 PM Chmee QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 8 2006, 12:29 PM)I keep... Feb 8 2006, 05:36 PM Tman QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 8 2006, 05:29 PM)I keep... Feb 8 2006, 07:07 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Tman @ Feb 8 2006, 02:07 PM)If it... Feb 8 2006, 07:22 PM Bill Harris And the "dark layered rock", may be the ... Feb 8 2006, 05:40 PM djellison I don't think it needs to - I think this rock ... Feb 8 2006, 06:54 PM Shaka Setting aside PM for now (we need to see it closer... Feb 8 2006, 07:41 PM aldo12xu I think we're looking at strata that has been ... Feb 8 2006, 08:13 PM Nirgal Here is a color-stitch of the great Sol 746 navcam... Feb 8 2006, 08:58 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (aldo12xu @ Feb 8 2006, 03:13 PM)I thin... Feb 8 2006, 08:58 PM aldo12xu QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Feb 8 2006, 08:58 PM)I t... Feb 8 2006, 10:54 PM imipak Now _that's_ what we like to see!
http:/... Feb 8 2006, 08:58 PM Shaka QUOTE (imipak @ Feb 8 2006, 10:58 AM)Now _tha... Feb 8 2006, 11:03 PM imipak QUOTE (Shaka @ Feb 8 2006, 11:03 PM)Aha! ... Feb 8 2006, 11:39 PM Shaka QUOTE (imipak @ Feb 8 2006, 01:39 PM)"We... Feb 9 2006, 03:07 AM dvandorn QUOTE (Shaka @ Feb 8 2006, 05:03 PM)Aha! ... Feb 9 2006, 01:47 AM DFinfrock QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 9 2006, 01:47 AM)I know... Feb 9 2006, 02:14 AM alan How about some color?
Feb 8 2006, 11:26 PM jamescanvin I haven't seen these two Pancam ESF's stit... Feb 9 2006, 02:11 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Feb 8 2006, 09:11 PM)
A... Feb 9 2006, 03:08 AM DFinfrock QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Feb 9 2006, 03:08 AM)Anyone... Feb 9 2006, 04:32 AM Bill Harris This is a fine-grained indurated rock, and until w... Feb 9 2006, 03:04 AM glennwsmith Posts have been added so rapidly here that I may s... Feb 9 2006, 05:43 AM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Feb 9 2006, 05:43 AM)Pos... Feb 9 2006, 07:53 AM glennwsmith P.S. Any Teilhard de Chardin fans out there? Feb 9 2006, 05:46 AM deglr6328 How come a few miniTES samples haven't been ta... Feb 9 2006, 06:11 AM jamescanvin This looks good
CODE748 p2271.05 72 0 ... Feb 9 2006, 06:12 AM CosmicRocker QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Feb 8 2006, 09:04 PM)Thi... Feb 9 2006, 06:37 AM |
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