Winter Quarters, at Low Ridge Haven |
Winter Quarters, at Low Ridge Haven |
 Apr 14 2006, 02:00 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503  |
Since Spirit is no longer "Running for the Hills" and it appears that she will be staying at Low Ridge Haven for the next eight months or so, it seems like a good time to start a new topic.
I thought we could start with the great panorama stitched by jvandriel, and then altered by Tesheiner. We are going to become very familiar with this view in the coming months. David [attachment=5107:attachment] (286k) |
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Apr 17 2006, 05:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 27-April 05 Member No.: 365 |
At least this low ridge has a lot of interesting things for Spirit to look at. And it seems to be closely associated with Home Plate so what she discovers here will undoubtedly tell a lot about that feature. Had she made it to the side of McCool Hill I am not sure we would have had as rich a target environment (for a -very- slow moving rover now).
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Apr 17 2006, 07:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (Burmese @ Apr 17 2006, 12:19 PM)  Had she made it to the side of McCool Hill I am not sure we would have had as rich a target environment (for a -very- slow moving rover now). During this fall and winter. It would be impossible for Spirit to catch the spoted places (korolev or Faget places) where are Spirit would be able to survive with the minimum energy buildup. From where Spirit is to these spot would not be able to advance as long as the battery is depleted. The problem is that the Spirit range autonomy has reduced much with one of the stuck wheels and low solar energy. Maybe, after spring, with dust devils to clean its solar panels and plus much solar energy, Spirit would be able to advance slowly toward to McCool Hill. However, many people from JPL has felt that they need more time to study around HP so it is most probably that Spirit won't go to McCool Hill but back to HP. That is 20% effort and 80% science philosophy. Rodolfo |
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Apr 17 2006, 09:10 PM
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QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Apr 17 2006, 07:38 PM) with dust devils to clean its solar panels OK, now I KNOW you're having a laugh....  Doug |
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Apr 17 2006, 10:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 17 2006, 04:10 PM) OK, now I KNOW you're having a laugh.... Doug My previous post I was saying that the Dust Devil will start to phantom on Gusev Crater in the next spring. Luckly, it would hit on Spirit. I remember that I saw a picture with one big DD roaring on the south basin of Columbia Hill. But, now, the weather is becoming cooler and cooler, that the DD won't be able to appear unless the breeze might happen in some time. As I remember that there is another cleaning dust method. This has happened to Oppy when it was roving inside the Endurance crater. One martian early morning, the panel solar was covered by a very thin film of ice during the sunrise, later, the panel solar became clean due to the water cleaning. It might happen the same to Spirit during the early winter morning. Isn't that a bad news? Rodolfo |
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DFinfrock Winter Quarters Apr 14 2006, 02:00 AM
john_s I'm just bumping this thread because I agree t... Apr 14 2006, 04:34 PM alan A quick measurement of the thin layer
Apr 14 2006, 05:12 PM
ElkGroveDan Are you certain about that 16cm measurement? I ge... Apr 14 2006, 05:58 PM
RNeuhaus QUOTE (alan @ Apr 14 2006, 12:12 PM) A qu... Apr 14 2006, 08:02 PM algorimancer QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Apr 14 2006, 03:02 PM) ... Apr 15 2006, 09:37 PM Phil Stooke Here's a polar view of The Low Ridge Haven (He... Apr 14 2006, 09:05 PM RNeuhaus Interesting picture. The north side is found the C... Apr 15 2006, 12:52 AM Bill Harris Whew, I'm glad that she made it to safe Winter... Apr 15 2006, 01:36 AM BrianL QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Apr 14 2006, 07:36 P... Apr 15 2006, 03:18 PM aldo12xu Cool image, Phil. Aesthetically and science wise.... Apr 15 2006, 01:52 AM RNeuhaus Pitcher's Mound is on the west side of Spirit,... Apr 15 2006, 02:19 AM Shaka 129 meters is almost certainly too wide a gulf to ... Apr 15 2006, 03:29 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Shaka @ Apr 14 2006, 10:29 PM) If ... Apr 15 2006, 02:23 PM Shaka QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Apr 15 2006, 04:23 AM) ... Apr 15 2006, 06:01 PM dot.dk I just looked at an image from when Spirit was on ... Apr 15 2006, 11:14 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (dot.dk @ Apr 15 2006, 06:14 PM) A ... Apr 16 2006, 01:44 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (dot.dk @ Apr 15 2006, 03:14 PM)
B... Apr 16 2006, 03:35 PM sattrackpro Here’s a Q&D pan from the 4/15/06 (Sol 811) pa... Apr 16 2006, 01:07 PM dot.dk QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 16 2006, 03:35 P... Apr 16 2006, 04:05 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (dot.dk @ Apr 16 2006, 08:05 AM) It... Apr 16 2006, 04:17 PM Ant103 Dusts Devils, Spirit Want You Apr 16 2006, 07:25 PM djellison It's OK Bob - I'll take this one...
Dust ... Apr 16 2006, 07:29 PM Shaka You ought to consider programming a 'hot key... Apr 16 2006, 07:45 PM djellison Common missconceptions require frequent correction... Apr 16 2006, 08:10 PM Bob Shaw Doug:
For this, you don't need an FAQ list, b... Apr 16 2006, 08:56 PM jvandriel Here is the complete view from Low Ridge Haven.
S... Apr 17 2006, 09:57 AM sattrackpro In case you haven't seen it, a new rover updat... Apr 17 2006, 12:44 PM sattrackpro One more item from THIS LINK - we ~could~ be sitti... Apr 17 2006, 01:00 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (sattrackpro @ Apr 17 2006, 08:00 A... Apr 17 2006, 04:08 PM Bill Harris There is nothing wrong with Spirit being a sessile... Apr 17 2006, 02:16 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 17 2006, 05:10 PM)... Apr 17 2006, 11:28 PM Shaka QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Apr 17 2006, 01:28 PM) ... Apr 18 2006, 12:08 AM DFinfrock QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 17 2006, 09:10 PM)... Apr 18 2006, 12:11 AM bergadder QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 17 2006, 05:10 PM)... Apr 18 2006, 03:53 AM slinted A solid cleaning event would be nice, but Spirit p... Apr 17 2006, 10:02 PM jamescanvin I like the look of this for the coming sol :
CO... Apr 18 2006, 04:37 AM djellison I'll get Helen to take a picture of me infront... Apr 18 2006, 07:12 AM TheChemist Some wishful thinking Apr 18 2006, 09:09 AM Nix QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Apr 18 2006, 06:37 A... Apr 18 2006, 09:53 AM Tesheiner If they keep this pace of one row a day (let's... Apr 18 2006, 10:10 AM djellison The alternative is to have it done in 4 columns at... Apr 18 2006, 10:27 AM MahFL Some dramitic low angle sun illumination pics from... Apr 18 2006, 05:27 PM general QUOTE (MahFL @ Apr 18 2006, 07:27 PM) Som... Apr 18 2006, 06:17 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (MahFL @ Apr 18 2006, 12:27 PM) Som... Apr 18 2006, 08:52 PM Stu GORGEOUS image MahFL, thanks! Seems years sinc... Apr 18 2006, 06:38 PM Ant103 Wowww O_O, it's wonderfull! This is a spec... Apr 18 2006, 07:46 PM dilo QUOTE (Ant103 @ Apr 18 2006, 07:46 PM) Wo... Apr 18 2006, 08:36 PM Shaka QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 18 2006, 10:36 AM) This... Apr 18 2006, 10:16 PM dilo Dear Shaka, this was done by approximately rotatin... Apr 18 2006, 11:07 PM SigurRosFan A hell of view!! It looks so real!
Ma... Apr 18 2006, 08:58 PM Nix Now there's El Dorado amazingly glad to see ... Apr 18 2006, 09:07 PM Bubbinski Great panorama, Dilo. That pic is one of the best... Apr 19 2006, 12:24 AM Phillip Wunderbar. Magnifique. Extraordinary. That panora... Apr 19 2006, 12:33 AM dilo ...Thanks to all but especially to Spirit!
... Apr 19 2006, 01:09 AM ilbasso QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 18 2006, 09:09 PM) ...T... Apr 19 2006, 12:57 PM aldo12xu Not to take away any pending thunder from Nirgal o... Apr 19 2006, 08:10 AM MichaelT Very well done aldo12xu!
Thanks, Michael Apr 19 2006, 08:51 AM dilo Aldo inspired me, cannot resist to do my personal ... Apr 19 2006, 08:34 PM jvandriel Here is the same 360 degree panoramic view from So... Apr 19 2006, 09:33 AM jvandriel and here is the panorama concentrated on Spirit. (... Apr 19 2006, 09:45 AM Stu dilo, aldo... (cough, splutter!!!) you... Apr 19 2006, 10:21 AM paxdan
Here is Jvandrial's pan in polar form. I... Apr 19 2006, 11:02 AM aldo12xu Hi Stu, thanks for the compliment. Nirgal and Ast... Apr 19 2006, 04:16 PM climber Thanks so much to have turned Spirit's picts i... Apr 19 2006, 09:06 PM stevo Oh my Lord, that is stunning. you guys are very, ... Apr 19 2006, 09:06 PM Shaka Magnificent.
Astro0, your canvas awaits you. Apr 19 2006, 09:19 PM Stu Going to be serious for a moment here. In times pa... Apr 19 2006, 09:25 PM Astro0 Hi All,
Well, what can I say....that panorama is c... Apr 19 2006, 11:30 PM Bill Harris Oh mercy me, you kids have outdone yourselves.
A ... Apr 20 2006, 01:11 AM MizarKey That's got to be my favorite panorama to date.... Apr 20 2006, 01:58 AM dilo Good idea to put Route map...
I'm sorry, in th... Apr 20 2006, 06:31 AM Borek It's a stunning image, for sure.
But if you... Apr 20 2006, 07:39 AM Nirgal dilo, aldo: awsome, phantastic work !!
F... Apr 20 2006, 09:17 AM Shaka Something tells me this won't be the last low-... Apr 20 2006, 06:03 AM Tesheiner Dilo & Aldo,
Incredible job!
One of the b... Apr 20 2006, 09:41 AM Nix Wonderful work you guys -I had a go at this one to... Apr 20 2006, 08:13 PM Martial QUOTE (Nix @ Apr 20 2006, 10:13 PM) Wonde... Apr 20 2006, 09:36 PM imipak ...!
Gosh, that really is rather good. I... Apr 20 2006, 08:30 PM djellison Unfortunately, most of Spirit's traverse since... Apr 20 2006, 10:29 PM Bob Shaw Doug:
Have you been reading too many press releas... Apr 20 2006, 10:37 PM lyford QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Apr 20 2006, 03:37 PM) ... Apr 21 2006, 06:39 AM alan QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Apr 17 2006, 11:37 P... Apr 21 2006, 06:27 AM Bill Harris QUOTE Eschew Obfuscation!Gesundheit! Apr 21 2006, 07:04 AM edstrick Walter Gesundheit? Apr 21 2006, 10:47 AM climber You mean, the one from Mc Mudro ? Apr 21 2006, 10:54 AM Tesheiner They seems to have corrected that sequence name. I... Apr 21 2006, 11:08 AM Shaka QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 21 2006, 01:08 AM)... Apr 21 2006, 07:22 PM dvandorn In re the truly lovely images of Husband Hill from... Apr 21 2006, 11:55 AM mhoward I think it's actually the filter, or perhaps t... Apr 21 2006, 12:12 PM slinted I think the lack of contrast in El Dorado / Ultrey... Apr 21 2006, 12:20 PM mhoward Doing an R711 combination seems to work moderately... Apr 21 2006, 12:37 PM climber Here we go again on the science side of the pictur... Apr 21 2006, 12:48 PM Phil Stooke Regarding the idea of plotting the route on this g... Apr 21 2006, 01:11 PM Nix Nice to see that R1-7 combo Michael, hadn't ta... Apr 21 2006, 02:26 PM atomoid the incident angle shouldt matter too much sine th... Apr 21 2006, 08:26 PM |
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