Leaving Victoria crater |
Leaving Victoria crater |
Aug 27 2008, 06:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Even if it's to a never-before-seen unnamed crater? Anything to the north is covered with large dunes until you get back up past Viking and Voyager craters. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 27 2008, 07:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
As far as I have heard that the next Opportunity mission would be in looking for any cobblers on the way? Indeed, the during search way would be toward to Erebus crater?
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Aug 27 2008, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Anything to the north is covered with large dunes until you get back up past Viking and Voyager craters. Remember the Steve Squires hint, and Ustrax challenge: I don't know if made mention to this already but the crater where Oppy is headed is NOT Erebus, just got an email from SS clearing that point: "Is the "not yet named" crater referenced (on the TPS blog) here Erebus? No... it's a different crater, very subdued topographically, but visible in MOC and HiRISE data. We have not made the decision on where to go yet, but it is a leading candidate." I'm sure you guys can spot it... There are some very subdued craters in the area. I wonder if it's one of those. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/070628/pia09691.html |
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Aug 27 2008, 08:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Well my original point still stands, anything in those directions would involve the old sand dune zig-zag.
But it brings up another point. What the heck is there to investigate in those subdued craters? At least Erebus had some outcrops and rock exposures to examine. But I can't see the point of going to what amounts to a very large EDITED -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 27 2008, 09:12 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 19-December 04 Member No.: 125 |
Maybe someone spotted something interesting in an MRO image.
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Aug 27 2008, 09:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Oppy's going to run away without taking a closer look at the other 2/3 of Victoria's rim?
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Aug 27 2008, 10:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
And Oppy! Please do not forget to capture a "complete" image row of the rising shadows in Victoria before you leave!
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Aug 27 2008, 10:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
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Aug 28 2008, 07:19 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I think they're going to go south and look at more rim.
But exploring the entire rim in the same detail we have done so far would be a 2 year long process, and at some point it just becomes stamp-collecting rather than science. |
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Aug 28 2008, 07:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
I think they're going to go south and look at more rim. Yes, I think we'll gain another perspective of Duck bay (at least) which could help to understand the whole story -------------------- |
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Aug 28 2008, 07:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
What the heck is there to investigate in those subdued craters? At least Erebus had some outcrops and rock exposures to examine. But I can't see the point of going to what amounts to a very large I love when one write both the question and the answer -------------------- |
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Aug 28 2008, 03:27 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10226 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
The hope must be that they expose different layers in the stratigraphic column.
But look out beyond the big crater WNW of Victoria - there are other features beyond it (plus various cobbles en route, no doubt). A cluster of small fresh impact craters (probably secondaries, and so maybe accompanied by exotic ejecta), and eventually a spectacular crater that looks more promising than Victoria as a possible long term goal. So there's a longer term goal, and intermediate steps with a possibility of new exposures. There's no way I'd want to go back to Erebus. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Aug 28 2008, 03:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
Is anyone else having trouble getting the latest Exploatorium update to load onto Midnight Mars Browser?
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Aug 28 2008, 04:54 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
yes.
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Aug 28 2008, 06:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
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