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Post Marquette Island, The continuing journey to Endeavour Crater
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post Jan 18 2010, 01:17 PM
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Quick one of 3 pancams sets Sol 2127 (Sun Jan 17 2010)

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post Jan 18 2010, 09:22 PM
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Another drive on sol 2128. Conception/Fresh Crater looming ever larger:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...EXP2361R1M1.JPG
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post Jan 18 2010, 09:55 PM
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Some interesting detail becoming visible now...

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So let's see... we stayed how long at Marquette Island? Multiply that by a couple of dozen..?

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post Jan 18 2010, 10:09 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 18 2010, 10:55 PM) *
So let's see... we stayed how long at Marquette Island? Multiply that by a couple of dozen..?

Since MI doesn't belong to this place, I've got a different Conception of the situation


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post Jan 18 2010, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 18 2010, 01:22 PM) *
Conception/Fresh Crater looming ever larger:


That's not all that looms larger. Pardon stupid newbie question: how big ARE those dunes? Looking at the HiRISE photo, I don't see an obvious route to the crater -- or away, either -- that doesn't require crossing a lot of them. sad.gif
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post Jan 19 2010, 12:00 AM
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Yep, the ripples are big. But Opportunity has crossed by this kind of terrain plenty of times. Perhaps it won't be safe to drive 70m on a single day but we'll get to that crater for sure.

PS/OT: Mapping will have to wait for tomorrow. I've just finished restoring my home computer to a previous (and working) state. Google chrome stopped working yesterday and I finally got it back on business again. It's time to go to bed.
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post Jan 19 2010, 01:16 AM
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"how big ARE those dunes? "

Not too big - check out Tesheiner's last small route map. It clearly shows that the larger drifts are close to the current position, but that they can be bypassed easily just like the last few drives got past even bigger drifts. The terrain around the crater is going to be easier than where we are now. The HiRISE images are much better than rover panoramas for assessing the terrain.

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post Jan 19 2010, 07:09 PM
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post Jan 19 2010, 07:57 PM
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QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jan 19 2010, 08:09 PM) *
Sol 2128 pancam & navcam drive direction pans

smile.gif Fourmi 103, j'aime bcp votre pano du bas très poétique et évocateur des dunes de Mars... smile.gif
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post Jan 19 2010, 09:01 PM
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QUOTE (vikingmars @ Jan 19 2010, 08:57 PM) *
smile.gif Fourmi 103, j'aime bcp votre pano du bas très poétique et évocateur des dunes de Mars... smile.gif

La traduction automatique doit donner des choses interessantes sur cette phrase! (surtout le bcp!). Dans le genre facile à traduire je me demande ce que va donner:"et par dessus le marché, il m'a fauché mon oseille".
Sorry guys, just having some fun but not realy OT.


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post Jan 19 2010, 09:09 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Jan 19 2010, 10:01 PM) *
Sorry guys, just having some fun but not realy OT.

"Messieurs, honni soit qui mal y pense !" (Edouard III d'Angleterre) smile.gif
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post Jan 20 2010, 09:57 AM
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Merci Olivier biggrin.gif

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post Jan 20 2010, 09:01 PM
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We're getting closer... About 70m closer. smile.gif
This is from today's downlink; two navcam pics (for the time being).
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post Jan 20 2010, 09:01 PM
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New navcams up... Oh, I can almost smell those rocks now...

http://twitpic.com/yyx71

C'mon, pancams, where are you..??? smile.gif


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post Jan 20 2010, 09:54 PM
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Looking to the latest route map, we're at almost 100m from the crater. Only two more driving sols.
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