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

Ant103 Prepare for epic ! This is going to be incre... Jul 18 2011, 02:54 PM

fredk Something big's up ahead indeed: our old frien... Jul 18 2011, 03:04 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 18 2011, 07:04 AM) Som... Jul 18 2011, 03:23 PM

Stu Yaaay! Mystery Man is always a welcome sight... Jul 18 2011, 03:11 PM

Phil Stooke Ustrax said "did I make it on time?" ... Jul 18 2011, 03:41 PM

ustrax QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 18 2011, 04:41 P... Jul 18 2011, 04:23 PM

Stu Ooh.... love how the crater peaks line up with the... Jul 18 2011, 06:01 PM

Pertinax With you there Stu! I was thinking the symmet... Jul 18 2011, 06:34 PM

Stu Navcam panorama... ...and stretched version of ... Jul 18 2011, 06:47 PM

Phil Stooke Looks like I can retire - my work here is done... Jul 18 2011, 07:08 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 18 2011, 12:08 P... Jul 18 2011, 07:27 PM

Stu You must be kidding, Phil. You can tease details o... Jul 18 2011, 07:12 PM

Phil Stooke What, you couldn't find the picture that makes... Jul 18 2011, 07:34 PM

fredk Some cool new features appearing on Tribulation no... Jul 18 2011, 07:51 PM

MoreInput QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 18 2011, 09:51 PM) Som... Jul 18 2011, 09:33 PM

MoreInput Here is a Google earth file with all named object ... Jul 18 2011, 09:55 PM

fredk QUOTE (MoreInput @ Jul 18 2011, 10:33 PM)... Jul 18 2011, 10:06 PM

Stu QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 18 2011, 08:51 PM) Can... Jul 18 2011, 08:25 PM

MoreInput Wow, the next days will be fantastic. Is there any... Jul 18 2011, 08:56 PM

jamescanvin Wow! Great work Stu, I guess I don't need ... Jul 18 2011, 08:55 PM

Ant103 Very nice Stu ! And very quick ! My vers... Jul 18 2011, 09:28 PM

jamescanvin OK so when I said I didn't need to rush to do ... Jul 18 2011, 09:38 PM

Tesheiner Fantastic, Stu & Ant! And when I think tha... Jul 18 2011, 09:43 PM

Ant103 We all know that feel James. Jul 18 2011, 09:48 PM

Tesheiner And continuing with the driving theme, I guess it ... Jul 18 2011, 09:59 PM

KrisK Made this just for fun http://www.flickr.com/pho... Jul 18 2011, 10:33 PM

Ant103 That a good work KrisK Keep sharing pictures like... Jul 19 2011, 02:47 PM

Tesheiner New pictures are already available and the near ho... Jul 19 2011, 07:45 PM

MoreInput ... and we see a little more detail of Approach cr... Jul 19 2011, 07:49 PM

fredk QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jul 19 2011, 07:45 PM)... Jul 20 2011, 12:27 AM

Sunspot I'm starting to feel like we wont see Cape Yor... Jul 19 2011, 07:50 PM

ElkGroveDan Blueberry and hematite discussion moved HERE Jul 20 2011, 12:06 AM

fredk ...and here they are! http://qt.exploratorium.... Jul 20 2011, 04:11 AM

Explorer1 It's almost time to say... Voila! Jul 20 2011, 04:56 AM

Stu Oh... my... Jul 20 2011, 06:26 AM

MoreInput .. god. Fantastic! Jul 20 2011, 06:56 AM

Tesheiner And the view will only improve!!! Stu... Jul 20 2011, 07:33 AM

fredk QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jul 20 2011, 07:33 AM)... Jul 20 2011, 02:05 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 20 2011, 04:05 PM) ...... Jul 20 2011, 02:57 PM

Tesheiner For thisol 2661, the "telemetry" shows O... Jul 20 2011, 12:58 PM

jamescanvin Yup. We should be very close to 'Approach crat... Jul 20 2011, 01:31 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Jul 20 2011, 03:31 P... Jul 20 2011, 02:01 PM

Floyd Can't tell too much from the rear hazcam, but ... Jul 20 2011, 01:59 PM

Sunspot I presume those will come down next Sol? Jul 20 2011, 03:20 PM

Tesheiner Or perhaps earlier, on the next update cycle of th... Jul 20 2011, 03:39 PM

marswiggle While only of secondary interest, a peep into the ... Jul 20 2011, 04:09 PM

cschmidt For all of us quiet lurkers who have followed Oppy... Jul 20 2011, 04:48 PM

MoreInput Here's a navcam: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/m... Jul 20 2011, 07:38 PM

Sunspot grrr, one pancam image with bad data drop outs Jul 20 2011, 07:44 PM

djellison QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jul 20 2011, 12:44 PM) g... Jul 20 2011, 07:51 PM

Stu So far! Please, Sunspot, cheer up! Jul 20 2011, 07:47 PM

Phil Stooke Peering into the abyss (if ustrax will forgive the... Jul 20 2011, 07:56 PM

Seryddwr Hi folks, long time lurker, first time poster. Ju... Jul 20 2011, 08:23 PM

marsophile Looking at the farside rim after crossing the plai... Jul 20 2011, 09:00 PM

Robert S Incredible! So we are THAT close ALREADY??? Th... Jul 20 2011, 10:02 PM

KrisK QUOTE (Robert S @ Jul 21 2011, 12:02 AM) ... Jul 20 2011, 10:22 PM

Robert S QUOTE (KrisK @ Jul 21 2011, 12:22 AM) One... Jul 21 2011, 03:06 PM

kenny Robert, I have 180m or so in my mind but others wi... Jul 20 2011, 10:18 PM

Floyd Hay everyone, the images are down--both navcam and... Jul 21 2011, 01:54 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Floyd @ Jul 20 2011, 06:54 PM) Whe... Jul 21 2011, 02:33 AM

Astro0 Well, east coast Aussie UMSF'ers are here G... Jul 21 2011, 02:08 AM

walfy In today's 3D the local sand field on the rim-... Jul 21 2011, 02:35 AM

fredk Some west coast Canadians, too! I love this n... Jul 21 2011, 02:32 AM

Astro0 That's an awesome anaglyph Walfy! As we g... Jul 21 2011, 03:30 AM

fredk The lovely SE view in stereo: The terrain's l... Jul 21 2011, 04:45 AM

Stu (yawn) ((stretch)) ...computer on... wanders ove... Jul 21 2011, 05:19 AM

Tesheiner Hey Stu, I think "Approach Crater" now h... Jul 21 2011, 06:43 AM

Tesheiner Here's yestersol navcam mosaic with Mariner9 /... Jul 21 2011, 07:33 AM

Phil Stooke ... and for comparison, here's the first image... Jul 21 2011, 01:37 PM

Sunspot We have arrived at Mariner 9 Jul 21 2011, 01:40 PM

Tesheiner Today's batch of images include this one expos... Jul 21 2011, 01:51 PM

fredk What's this? 3x Philovision: After many fals... Jul 21 2011, 01:58 PM

jamescanvin Yeah I wouldn't want to say for sure but maybe... Jul 21 2011, 02:04 PM

pgrindrod Let's see if I can get any more mileage out of... Jul 21 2011, 02:17 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (pgrindrod @ Jul 21 2011, 07:17 AM)... Jul 21 2011, 02:47 PM

Phil Stooke Could be! - GM says it's the right directi... Jul 21 2011, 02:22 PM

Tesheiner Some time ago, on one of the previous "false ... Jul 21 2011, 02:29 PM

Stu Hmmm.... very, very interesting... I so want that ... Jul 21 2011, 02:32 PM

fredk Actually, Tesheiner, looking at the fantastic cont... Jul 21 2011, 02:46 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 21 2011, 04:46 PM) Thi... Jul 21 2011, 03:00 PM

Ant103 That. Just AMAZING. And says that it will be even ... Jul 21 2011, 03:10 PM

kenny Phil, That was a wonderful post of the old Marine... Jul 21 2011, 03:13 PM

Phil Stooke Right Kenny - I remember the newspapers saying it ... Jul 21 2011, 03:36 PM

cschmidt QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 21 2011, 09:47 A... Jul 21 2011, 03:44 PM

Of counsel fredk, pgrindrod, Tesheiner --in fact, all of you-... Jul 21 2011, 03:49 PM

MoreInput I hope with the next drive we see more than one pi... Jul 21 2011, 05:12 PM

algorimancer QUOTE (MoreInput @ Jul 21 2011, 11:12 AM)... Jul 21 2011, 05:20 PM

Phil Stooke Slam on the brakes! There's quite a colle... Jul 21 2011, 06:24 PM

Stu Yup... cobbles galore... Jul 21 2011, 06:59 PM

fredk A bit of info (and a nod to our Stu!) explaini... Jul 21 2011, 07:16 PM

walfy Managed to tease out this pan-cam 3D from today... Jul 21 2011, 11:28 PM

Ant103 A part of the upcomming pan (I think). Isn't ... Jul 21 2011, 11:37 PM

Astro0 If those headings are correct then I think I'm... Jul 22 2011, 01:05 AM

Sunspot QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 22 2011, 02:05 AM) If... Jul 22 2011, 07:41 AM

Phil Stooke Right - that can't be anything but Cape York n... Jul 22 2011, 01:55 AM

elakdawalla Wow, those triangular peaks to the south are reall... Jul 22 2011, 05:45 AM

jamescanvin I haven't had the time to do a proper feature ... Jul 22 2011, 07:35 AM

Tesheiner The colors are not absolute and may (and actually ... Jul 22 2011, 08:12 AM

Stu Overview... Nope, nuttin obvious either between... Jul 22 2011, 08:31 AM

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