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 Oct 16 2010, 10:16 PM
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With a ruler on my monitor screen I measured the apparent separation between the two middle distance bright patches in the image I linked to in post 335, and again in this more recent image: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2421R2M3.JPG
I found the separation had increased from 34.5 to 36mm. Now if those features are actually at different distances then the widening could be due to the viewing angle. However if they are at the same distance then the measurement implies that we have travelled around one twenty-third of the distance towards them between those two views. How far did we drive? I don't know, but if it was about 100m that would place the features a bit over 2km away. |
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Oct 17 2010, 06:19 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 27-May 09 From: Burgundy Member No.: 4798 |
Pancams of meteorite Ireland will (sorry not yet) finally come down ... for Stu's pleasure ("Enjoy these pics (these were navcams) – there’ll be no more taken of this meteorite until the day people actually track it down in the Meridiani desert, in probably a century’s time...").
 02374 p2540.26 0 0 0 3 1 4 pancam_ireland_L257 |
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Oct 17 2010, 02:36 PM
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Fear not. Stu now has the ability to stack as well as access the PDS. Some nice stacked full res navcams a few months from now should add to his collection nicely.
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Oct 17 2010, 10:35 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Yep, looking forward to those. This was the best I was able to make out of the raws...
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Oct 18 2010, 03:20 AM
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Marsroverdriver on Twitter: "OK, that's more like it. Martian weather cooperated, and we're back on the road. 100.69m today. Woo-hoo! So nice to see 3 digits again. :-) "
Woof! Looking forward to some pics... I've been getting the shakes here. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 18 2010, 05:27 AM
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Yeah!
 I'm still worried about this 'major dust storm' Scott alluded to, though. Thought there might be something up a few days back since the shadows were getting suspiciously light. Any word on the tau trend? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 18 2010, 04:16 PM
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There's been a slight increase in tau. It is still quite moderate for this season (0.6).
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Oct 18 2010, 07:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
The exploratorium is back online. Here're the latest navcams including those taken after the last drive.
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Oct 18 2010, 07:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
Nice shot of the IDD. Any idea what they're looking for? Wear and tear on the RAT?
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Oct 18 2010, 08:03 PM
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QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 16 2010, 11:16 PM)  I found the separation had increased from 34.5 to 36mm. And again to just over 37mm in today's image. I'm becoming more convinced this is indeed Santa Maria now. I'll collect the 3 images here in case anyone wants to start 'Santa Maria - the movie'  http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...W8P2420R2M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P2421R2M3.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...IZP2422R2M1.JPG |
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Oct 18 2010, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
QUOTE (marswiggle @ Oct 2 2010, 03:39 PM) Are we actually seeing Santa Maria already? I'm not sure about this but I think you may have been right. There is a bright feature in that image that looks a lot like the leftmost of the two I'm tracking now which I think may belong to Santa Maria. It's position looks consistent with the way we've moved since then too. That image again. The bright feature I refer to is (from left to right) two fifths of the way across. http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...23P2417R2M1.JPG |
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Oct 19 2010, 12:24 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Oct 17 2010, 11:35 PM) Yep, looking forward to those. Here ya go, Stu. Ireland in all its pancam glory: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...5M1.JPG?sol2374 |
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Oct 19 2010, 05:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
 rgb composite with the jpg artifacts removed |
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Oct 19 2010, 05:29 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Nice... I'm away from my computer at mo so can't enjoy it properly, but yep, that will look nice on my steps :-)
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Oct 19 2010, 07:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
QUOTE Are we actually seeing Santa Maria already? I'm afraid it is still too soon to start "the movie". Plotting the headings by using the data from the Tracking Interface, it shows these brighter spots are not associated at all with St.Maria. Looks like they mark our current middle horizon with a shallow slope behind them.
Strangely, you would think these spots are something big enough to pop up in the orbit imagery. But found nothing obvious.
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