Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York

Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point'

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ElkGroveDan

Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM

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Starting a new topic to include Eduardo's Google overlay for the rest of the journey to Cape York:

http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/gmars_ma...41_1775_RED.kml

Follow the link above and it should load right in to your Google Mars features.

I took a low crow's flight along the final 6km this morning. Below in green is what I think the final route will look like. Also an interesting feature along the way that appears to be a cluster of rocks, possibly Santa Maria ejecta, or large meteorite fragments. Note how the dune has evolved around the three (or more) objects. Object is at -2.199395°, -5.396676° -- roughly 3km down range from Santa Maria.

EDIT: bad link replaced, wider context image added for three rocks.

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ElkGroveDan Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM

mhoward Sol 2554 left Pancam Apr 2 2011, 04:50 PM

nprev ...yeah, kinda sorta! Kapton's just nas... Apr 2 2011, 05:30 PM

Phil Stooke "it's left me an aged & bitter SOB... Apr 2 2011, 05:33 PM

nprev You got me cold, Phil; kapton is the devil! ... Apr 2 2011, 05:35 PM

Phil Stooke And I foolishly edited the last post to insert an ... Apr 2 2011, 05:42 PM

walfy The RAT could chew off the Kapton if it becomes a ... Apr 2 2011, 06:49 PM

djellison QUOTE (walfy @ Apr 2 2011, 11:49 AM) The ... Apr 3 2011, 01:14 AM

Stu Oh, I love this rock... Apr 3 2011, 09:10 AM

Tesheiner QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 3 2011, 11:10 AM) Oh, I ... Apr 3 2011, 09:30 PM

jvandriel Looking back and around on Sol 2552 with the L0 Na... Apr 3 2011, 09:40 AM

Stu Some very interesting features up ahead - circular... Apr 3 2011, 10:47 AM

fredk (Stu, I think that should read bottom to top.) Th... Apr 3 2011, 02:33 PM

Phil Stooke Right Fred - plus that pic shows why Santa Maria w... Apr 3 2011, 03:52 PM

mhoward Looking back - sol 2552 Navcam Sol 2554 Navcam ... Apr 3 2011, 04:15 PM

nprev What's with the little wheel slews in the trac... Apr 3 2011, 06:12 PM

fredk Check out this post. Apr 3 2011, 06:16 PM

nprev Yeah, I saw that, Fred, but the puzzle pieces didn... Apr 3 2011, 06:51 PM

eoincampbell Heavy, man! Apr 3 2011, 10:31 PM

Stu We've seen something like that before... Apr 3 2011, 11:31 PM

nprev However, in sharp contrast, Big Rock requests that... Apr 4 2011, 12:29 AM

Stu Large 3D view of the road ahead for Oppy... liking... Apr 4 2011, 04:28 PM

Stu Slightly more realistic view of our big ugly crumb... Apr 5 2011, 10:49 AM

jamescanvin QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 5 2011, 11:49 AM) what i... Apr 5 2011, 10:57 AM

Stu Thanks, James. Apr 5 2011, 11:17 AM

fredk On 2556 we were sitting on one of the slightly dar... Apr 5 2011, 03:13 PM

Tesheiner I saw that too and made this polar view in an atte... Apr 5 2011, 03:49 PM

Phil Stooke So... adding a bit of a stretch factor to Tesheine... Apr 5 2011, 04:36 PM

fredk For my millennial post, let me say that I agree wi... Apr 5 2011, 05:03 PM

Tesheiner Thanks a lot! I logged-in just to post yet an... Apr 5 2011, 06:01 PM

Phil Stooke Scott tweeted that the drive would be longer, stop... Apr 5 2011, 08:03 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 5 2011, 10:03 PM... Apr 6 2011, 05:57 AM

Astro0 Admin: A few posts on the Peugeot advert were move... Apr 5 2011, 10:39 PM

jvandriel The Pancam L2 view on Sol 2556. Jan van Driel Apr 6 2011, 09:32 AM

Phil Stooke ... and doing a 10x stretch of that image, we get ... Apr 6 2011, 02:28 PM

Tesheiner Around 27500m. Apr 6 2011, 09:06 PM

Stu Loving the depth of field here... Apr 6 2011, 09:35 PM

climber Mean per sol from October 12th to December 8th (be... Apr 7 2011, 01:32 PM

Stu Beautiful horizon... Apr 7 2011, 02:03 PM

MahFL It's just like the approach to the Columbia Hi... Apr 7 2011, 02:39 PM

Phil Stooke Here's a comparison of the view from Concepcio... Apr 7 2011, 03:23 PM

Phil Stooke And closing in on Cape Tribulation, there's a ... Apr 7 2011, 04:59 PM

Tesheiner Could it be a JPEG artifact? I can't see it on... Apr 7 2011, 06:53 PM

Phil Stooke This link: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/ind... Apr 7 2011, 07:08 PM

ngunn I don't know if it helps with that crater, but... Apr 7 2011, 07:40 PM

Phil Stooke Interesting! I forgot about that. Looks like... Apr 7 2011, 08:43 PM

pgrindrod QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 7 2011, 09:43 PM... Apr 8 2011, 09:23 AM

Tesheiner This is after yesterday's (sol 2560) drive; ba... Apr 8 2011, 08:02 AM

Of counsel We traveled 145 meters on sol 2560? Impressive (i... Apr 8 2011, 06:16 PM

Stu Back on the light, crumbly stuff... ...and a 3D... Apr 8 2011, 07:08 PM

ElkGroveDan With sol 2560's drive, that's almost exact... Apr 9 2011, 12:15 AM

PaulM QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 9 2011, 12:15 AM... Apr 9 2011, 03:41 PM

jvandriel The Pancam R2 view on Sol 2561. Jan van Driel Apr 9 2011, 11:42 AM

Phil Stooke We're coming up out of the shallow depression ... Apr 9 2011, 02:02 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 9 2011, 04:02 PM... Apr 9 2011, 08:08 PM

BrianL You've got 150 years to get it done, Scotty. ... Apr 9 2011, 07:30 PM

Stu Very nice view of the nearest hills... Apr 9 2011, 09:58 PM

eoincampbell Amazing Pace ! Apr 10 2011, 03:16 AM

ronatu QUOTE (eoincampbell @ Apr 9 2011, 11:16 P... Apr 10 2011, 03:42 AM

sgendreau Vrroooooooooooooom, straight down the run line. L... Apr 10 2011, 03:44 AM

Stu 830m ahead is a "double crater" that loo... Apr 10 2011, 08:41 AM

vikingmars QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 10 2011, 10:41 AM) 830m ... Apr 10 2011, 06:17 PM

mhoward Responding to CosmicRocker's post in the map t... Apr 10 2011, 04:56 PM

Phil Stooke "if there was anything interesting to see in ... Apr 10 2011, 07:09 PM

climber I realize that the remaining distance is the same ... Apr 10 2011, 11:28 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (mhoward @ Apr 10 2011, 11:56 AM) .... Apr 11 2011, 06:16 AM

Stu I was mucking about with experimenting with stacki... Apr 11 2011, 10:24 PM

Astro0 Nice Love how the extra details in the "hil... Apr 11 2011, 11:34 PM

jvandriel The Pancam L2 view on Sol 2563. Jan van Driel Apr 12 2011, 05:08 PM

Phil Stooke Nice pan! And here's a match to a HiRISE ... Apr 12 2011, 05:34 PM

Stu Just briefly going back to my image of the "h... Apr 12 2011, 06:17 PM

jasedm Very nice juxtaposition Stu. I remember camping i... Apr 12 2011, 07:17 PM

Stu QUOTE (jasedm @ Apr 12 2011, 08:17 PM) do... Apr 12 2011, 07:24 PM

AndyG Great choice of location, Stu. Here's The Ull... Apr 12 2011, 07:23 PM

john_s QUOTE (AndyG @ Apr 12 2011, 08:23 PM) Her... Apr 12 2011, 08:23 PM

AndyG QUOTE (john_s @ Apr 12 2011, 09:23 PM) Th... Apr 12 2011, 09:19 PM

djellison The horizon drop-off might be analogous though - M... Apr 12 2011, 08:38 PM

Stu QUOTE (john_s @ Apr 12 2011, 09:23 PM) I... Apr 12 2011, 09:02 PM

ElkGroveDan I want to know how many ulls you caught Stu. Apr 12 2011, 09:05 PM

Stu "ulls"? Apr 12 2011, 09:19 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 12 2011, 01:19 PM) ... Apr 12 2011, 09:37 PM

KrisK What was the reason of going back here? http://qt.... Apr 12 2011, 09:41 PM

djellison QUOTE (KrisK @ Apr 12 2011, 02:41 PM) Wha... Apr 12 2011, 10:41 PM

climber You mean U(lls) turn? Apr 12 2011, 11:32 PM

MahFL Oh I did not realise that was Santa Maria. It... Apr 13 2011, 01:01 PM

mhoward Navcam images just came down of a big crack that O... Apr 13 2011, 04:47 PM

walfy I always wondered what one of those fissures looke... Apr 13 2011, 06:35 PM

Juramike I like it! Very cool to see how some of terra... Apr 13 2011, 07:37 PM

Phil Stooke A circular reprojection of the very nice pan by mh... Apr 13 2011, 08:16 PM

Tesheiner Here're some context images. The arrow points ... Apr 14 2011, 11:01 AM

Marz Are these fractures associated with Endeavour, and... Apr 14 2011, 03:55 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (Marz @ Apr 14 2011, 05:55 PM) Are ... Apr 14 2011, 04:11 PM

Oersted predates the bedrock? Apr 14 2011, 05:41 PM

Phil Stooke Yes, predates the bedrock! That is, the Merid... Apr 14 2011, 05:54 PM

Stu Rover driver Scott Maxwell was - as ever - kind en... Apr 14 2011, 07:15 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 14 2011, 09:15 PM) ... w... Apr 14 2011, 08:12 PM

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