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azstrummer
post Mar 10 2005, 11:17 PM
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Man, this looks an awful lot like a dust devil in the distance. What do you think?
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post Mar 12 2005, 05:41 PM
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Pando (or anyone), any idea how quickly the power level jumped on Spirit? How often is it sampled? If we could determine that it happened in minutes or seconds, that'd perhaps suggest a (very flukey?) dust devil crossing the rover. If it took longer, perhaps there was a period of time with strong winds or gusts.

I sure hope they decide to do some serious devil monitoring imaging now, like they tried way back when out on the plains. That is one video clip I could find room for on my shrinking harddrive!
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- azstrummer   Live Dust Devil?   Mar 10 2005, 11:17 PM
- - djellison   At LAST - they've actually GOT one Nice find...   Mar 10 2005, 11:21 PM
- - azstrummer   Crunch   Mar 10 2005, 11:25 PM
- - slinted   Heh, I was just starting a new topic for this one,...   Mar 10 2005, 11:43 PM
- - Sunspot   Something in thisone too?   Mar 11 2005, 12:04 AM
- - Sunspot   it seems to extend in to the atmosphere:   Mar 11 2005, 12:20 AM
- - mhoward   Is this one too? Taken just slightly earlier. htt...   Mar 11 2005, 12:21 AM
- - djellison   What we need is one to come OVER HERE.....HELLOOO....   Mar 11 2005, 12:36 AM
- - Pando   QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 10 2005, 05:36 PM)What...   Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM
- - djellison   You're joking. are you? Actually - looking a...   Mar 11 2005, 12:56 AM
- - Pando   QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 10 2005, 05:56 PM)You...   Mar 11 2005, 12:58 AM
- - djellison   wooOOoooowoooOOoooowaooowooo AT THE CAR WASH.........   Mar 11 2005, 01:02 AM
- - alan   In rear view too? http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars...   Mar 11 2005, 01:03 AM
- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Pando @ Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM)700+ W/H...   Mar 11 2005, 01:10 AM
- - tedstryk   I hereby withdraw my prognosis that Spirit's d...   Mar 11 2005, 01:19 AM
- - slinted   Amazing news!   Mar 11 2005, 01:19 AM
- - lyford   You know I was going to add that the panels looked...   Mar 11 2005, 01:30 AM
- - mhoward   This is the best news in weeks. Go Spirit!   Mar 11 2005, 01:59 AM
- - imran   QUOTE (Pando @ Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM)QUOTE (d...   Mar 11 2005, 02:01 AM
- - Pando   QUOTE (imran @ Mar 10 2005, 07:01 PM)QUOTE (P...   Mar 11 2005, 02:04 AM
- - erwan   Probably solar array good news, dust devil and Per...   Mar 11 2005, 02:53 AM
- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Pando @ Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM)QUOTE (d...   Mar 11 2005, 03:03 AM
- - lyford   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 10 2005, 07:03 PM)I cal...   Mar 11 2005, 03:43 AM
- - lyford   Well, it does appear to have had an affect - Com...   Mar 11 2005, 04:13 AM
- - erwan   Seems to be rather demonstrative, Lyford! You ...   Mar 11 2005, 04:48 AM
- - lyford   QUOTE (erwan @ Mar 10 2005, 08:48 PM)Seems to...   Mar 11 2005, 05:23 AM
- - Nix   Yeah! That rear view one is a beauty too, and ...   Mar 11 2005, 05:45 AM
- - Pando   That must have been quite a devil there, or was it...   Mar 11 2005, 05:53 AM
- - Nix   That one in the rear hazard camera looks like it...   Mar 11 2005, 06:16 AM
- - Nix   Forget about the dust, it's an artifact of the...   Mar 11 2005, 06:25 AM
- - dot.dk   Wow this is the greatest ever news for a very long...   Mar 11 2005, 06:32 AM
- - akuo   Excellent news! This really makes my day :-) ...   Mar 11 2005, 09:08 AM
- - Bill Harris   Great news! OTOH, I wonder what the long-term...   Mar 11 2005, 09:45 AM
- - djellison   The atmospheric opacity goes up and down like an e...   Mar 11 2005, 10:12 AM
- - dot.dk   This must be really bad news for all the tired sci...   Mar 11 2005, 10:25 AM
- - Analyst   Well, NASA can shut the rovers down when they are ...   Mar 11 2005, 10:42 AM
- - djellison   I think actually - that's highly unlikely. The...   Mar 11 2005, 11:00 AM
- - Sunspot   I find it hard to believe they would shutdown the ...   Mar 11 2005, 11:18 AM
- - OWW   At least the MERs are out of range to suffer the s...   Mar 11 2005, 11:20 AM
- - Analyst   Doug, I really hope it will turn out your way. But...   Mar 11 2005, 11:32 AM
- - dot.dk   Wonderful animation to make   Mar 11 2005, 11:48 AM
- - OWW   How much of that is real versus different lighting...   Mar 11 2005, 12:04 PM
- - tedstryk   The Viking 1 lander died in a very sad way. A you...   Mar 11 2005, 12:20 PM
- - dot.dk   Don't know how to find out the time a picture ...   Mar 11 2005, 12:21 PM
- - tedstryk   I question whether the whole Voyager threat is sim...   Mar 11 2005, 12:23 PM
- - arccos   700W = great news indeed!!! Boys, whe...   Mar 11 2005, 12:39 PM
- - TheChemist   This is from a dust-devil simulation on earth, cro...   Mar 11 2005, 12:49 PM
- - Pertinax   Ahhhh... beat to the punch on the cleaning of Spir...   Mar 11 2005, 12:54 PM
- - erwan   RE: Live Dust Devil?   Mar 11 2005, 01:06 PM
- - Nix   RE: Live Dust Devil?   Mar 11 2005, 01:11 PM
- - dot.dk   That's hilarious   Mar 11 2005, 01:14 PM
- - Pando   Somebody managed to snap the picture of two of tho...   Mar 11 2005, 04:58 PM
- - erwan   Well, it seems that Martian's humor and atmosp...   Mar 11 2005, 05:16 PM
- - jaredGalen   QUOTE (arccos @ Mar 11 2005, 12:39 PM)"7...   Mar 11 2005, 05:47 PM
- - dot.dk   QUOTE (jaredGalen @ Mar 11 2005, 05:47 PM)QUO...   Mar 11 2005, 05:57 PM
- - jaredGalen   QUOTE (dot.dk @ Mar 11 2005, 05:57 PM)Pando k...   Mar 11 2005, 06:06 PM
- - Jeff7   I thought the panels looked darker. I also looked ...   Mar 11 2005, 07:03 PM
- - mhoward   Check it out. L256 available. http://nasa.explora...   Mar 11 2005, 10:22 PM
- - mhoward   Oh heck, I'll just post it. It's too good.   Mar 11 2005, 10:31 PM
- - akuo   That's beautiful.   Mar 11 2005, 10:39 PM
- - lyford   They missed a spot.   Mar 11 2005, 10:56 PM
- - MizarKey   I think this is the path the dust devil took...   Mar 11 2005, 11:03 PM
- - OWW   Sol 377: Sol 422: Notice the magnet to the rig...   Mar 11 2005, 11:07 PM
- - alan   Some images of the ground Before (sol 398) http:/...   Mar 11 2005, 11:08 PM
- - alan   The dust devil cleaned many of the rocks too. Sho...   Mar 12 2005, 12:00 AM
- - jaredGalen   Well, given the occasion I felt that it was worth ...   Mar 12 2005, 12:02 AM
- - djellison   Interesting thing if you look at this http://them...   Mar 12 2005, 12:38 AM
- - MahFL   I noticed a long time ago too that a lot of streak...   Mar 12 2005, 01:20 AM
- - erwan   I guess you are right, Doug, explaining Dust Devil...   Mar 12 2005, 01:26 AM
- - erwan   A few more explanation words: The (cream color) el...   Mar 12 2005, 01:53 AM
- - edstrick   tedstryk commented: "The Viking 1 lander di...   Mar 12 2005, 02:51 AM
- - edstrick   I took the pre and post cleaning images posted ear...   Mar 12 2005, 04:04 AM
- - edstrick   Uh... It would help if I added the pic before hitt...   Mar 12 2005, 04:05 AM
- - RGClark   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Mar 11 2005, 12:20 AM)it see...   Mar 12 2005, 06:56 AM
- - djellison   Half the size of lahontan crater? Call it 30ft acr...   Mar 12 2005, 10:14 AM
- - remcook   I must say I'm amazed! this is cool on so ...   Mar 12 2005, 11:42 AM
- - tedstryk   Anyhow, it was an errant command that ended Viking...   Mar 12 2005, 12:51 PM
- - Sunspot   QUOTE (RGClark @ Mar 12 2005, 06:56 AM)QUOTE ...   Mar 12 2005, 02:13 PM
- - dilo   Hi Sunspot, also I tried to see atmospheric signat...   Mar 12 2005, 03:28 PM
- - erwan   Sunspot, Dilo: thanks for your images. It's pr...   Mar 12 2005, 04:13 PM
- - fredk   Pando (or anyone), any idea how quickly the power...   Mar 12 2005, 05:41 PM
- - alan   The dust devils have been mentioned on msnbc.com ...   Mar 12 2005, 06:09 PM
- - lyford   QUOTE (alan @ Mar 12 2005, 10:09 AM)"Tha...   Mar 12 2005, 06:30 PM
- - dvandorn   QUOTE (alan @ Mar 12 2005, 06:09 PM)The dust ...   Mar 12 2005, 06:36 PM
- - dvandorn   As an addendum, I did find it sort of amusing that...   Mar 12 2005, 06:42 PM
- - lyford   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 12 2005, 10:36 AM)I rat...   Mar 12 2005, 06:49 PM
- - erwan   Frankly posts, Dvandorn. I hope, as you, that Mer....   Mar 12 2005, 06:53 PM
- - imran   Spirit Gets A Dust Devil Once-Over QUOTE Engineer...   Mar 12 2005, 07:38 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 12 2005, 06:36 PM)I rat...   Mar 12 2005, 07:52 PM
- - Sunspot   I always assumed the bright round features seen to...   Mar 12 2005, 07:59 PM
- - GregM   .   Mar 12 2005, 10:39 PM
- - deglr6328   Hello everybody. This is my first post here since ...   Mar 12 2005, 11:12 PM
- - mike   That 'Marsquatch' thing does look interest...   Mar 12 2005, 11:30 PM
- - alan   Back on thread. Here is a before an after shot of...   Mar 13 2005, 01:59 AM
- - erwan   Below is linked a page from J.T ALU website, with ...   Mar 13 2005, 02:02 AM
- - SFJCody   Slashdot picks up the story: http://science.slash...   Mar 13 2005, 02:11 AM
- - slinted   Thanks for the sundial images Alan. I think its v...   Mar 13 2005, 03:08 AM
- - Pando   Alan, the Sol 417 image of the sundial above is qu...   Mar 13 2005, 04:28 AM
- - Pando   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 12 2005, 06:36 PM)I did...   Mar 13 2005, 04:46 AM
- - alan   Pando, I noticed that the sundial looks even redde...   Mar 13 2005, 04:56 AM
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