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

Tesheiner FWIW, there's another drive planned for today ... Jul 22 2011, 09:02 AM

Sunspot Do you know how far? Jul 22 2011, 10:04 AM

Tesheiner Not yet, but looking to the planned imaging sequen... Jul 22 2011, 10:34 AM

Stu Why no pancams? I'd have thought they'd wa... Jul 22 2011, 11:21 AM

djellison QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 22 2011, 04:21 AM) Why n... Jul 22 2011, 02:29 PM

Phil Stooke Emily: "Wow, those triangular peaks to the s... Jul 22 2011, 01:16 PM

jamescanvin Cape York much more visible now even in the in the... Jul 22 2011, 01:39 PM

jamescanvin BTW, looks like the drive faulted out (Fault image... Jul 22 2011, 01:55 PM

jamescanvin Here is a quick 5x Phil-o of Cape York from tosols... Jul 22 2011, 02:05 PM

fredk I wonder if that explains the azimuths of the new ... Jul 22 2011, 02:05 PM

Phil Stooke To my mind it makes more sense to keep on this hea... Jul 22 2011, 02:19 PM

climber QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 22 2011, 04:19 P... Jul 22 2011, 07:20 PM

Stu Wider angle stretched view... Wow... Jul 22 2011, 02:42 PM

Stu QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 22 2011, 03:29 PM)... Jul 22 2011, 02:45 PM

Tesheiner Here's the navcam mosaic. QUOTE (Stu @ J... Jul 22 2011, 02:59 PM

Ant103 Navcam of tosol pan : What's totally blew m... Jul 22 2011, 03:02 PM

jamescanvin RE the pancams. They were actually taken, just not... Jul 22 2011, 03:05 PM

MoreInput Can't wait for the LAND HO! 360 degree ful... Jul 22 2011, 03:52 PM

Tesheiner Yup. First 20m ESE to take some shots of Mariner 9... Jul 22 2011, 03:50 PM

Sunspot Cape Tribulation is very big now http://qt.explor... Jul 22 2011, 07:52 PM

ElkGroveDan Here's a quick partial pan of three pancam ima... Jul 22 2011, 07:59 PM

Ant103 You were quick ElkGrovDan Lots of details on t... Jul 22 2011, 08:05 PM

ustrax just...unbelievable...u-n-b-e-l-ie-v-a-b-l-e... Jul 24 2011, 09:04 PM

Nirgal QUOTE (ustrax @ Jul 24 2011, 11:04 PM) u-... Jul 25 2011, 04:48 PM

Sunspot Also, from looking at the Google Mars of the appro... Jul 22 2011, 08:10 PM

fredk Yep, we're coming up to terrain that looks ... Jul 22 2011, 09:14 PM

Sunspot No more dunes/ripples...for now at least http://q... Jul 23 2011, 01:38 PM

kenny Very subtle ripples only... fascinating. The Berno... Jul 23 2011, 04:24 PM

MoreInput I hope Oppy's solar panels do also know the Be... Jul 23 2011, 05:37 PM

fredk It looks to me like a 140 metre or so drive toward... Jul 23 2011, 04:38 PM

Phil Stooke That's about where I put us too. The rock out... Jul 23 2011, 04:55 PM

Sunspot I think the small crater at Spirit Point will be t... Jul 23 2011, 06:47 PM

centsworth_II I'm no expert, but I expect the rocks of Endea... Jul 23 2011, 07:00 PM

PDP8E holy smokes! this is getting very exciting... Jul 23 2011, 06:52 PM

Phil Stooke No, CRISM data say that's exactly where the cl... Jul 23 2011, 07:09 PM

centsworth_II But are the clays more likely to be found in weath... Jul 23 2011, 07:26 PM

serpens QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 23 2011, 07:26... Jul 23 2011, 11:02 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (serpens @ Jul 23 2011, 06:02 PM) F... Jul 24 2011, 12:11 AM

fredk New details with every sol - this is like being a ... Jul 23 2011, 09:40 PM

MoreInput I think that we are still on the mostly flat plain... Jul 23 2011, 09:51 PM

Ant103 Sol 2664 drive direction : Jul 24 2011, 01:25 PM

ilbasso Oh, wait! I think I left my wallet on the rim ... Jul 24 2011, 02:28 PM

Phil Stooke You'll have to walk back! Phil Jul 24 2011, 03:19 PM

fredk Our best view of CY yet, average of L0/R0 navcams ... Jul 24 2011, 03:21 PM

Deimos Then you'll want to keep an eye out for P2371 ... Jul 24 2011, 08:02 PM

Stu 3D view of Ant's panorama... zoom in, go to th... Jul 24 2011, 10:48 PM

lyford I think the mods may need to reintroduce the swear... Jul 25 2011, 12:11 AM

CosmicRocker I was beginning to wonder when the view would beco... Jul 25 2011, 06:17 AM

Astro0 Similar to Fredk's version but even more stret... Jul 25 2011, 07:01 AM

jamescanvin QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 25 2011, 08:01 AM) Wo... Jul 25 2011, 07:20 AM

dilo In this processed 5x vertical stretch of Ant103 pa... Jul 25 2011, 11:29 AM

jamescanvin QUOTE (dilo @ Jul 25 2011, 12:29 PM) Iazu... Jul 25 2011, 11:51 AM

Astro0 My-Oh-My! The scenery has certainly changed. ... Jul 25 2011, 11:02 AM

Nix There's a distinct feature which appears darke... Jul 25 2011, 11:51 AM

Ant103 Amazing Astro0 My version of this very promising... Jul 25 2011, 01:33 PM

Phil Stooke ... and a combination of three of the recent posti... Jul 25 2011, 01:38 PM

fredk Thanks for all the stunning pans, guys! Phil,... Jul 25 2011, 02:58 PM

Phil Stooke Mariner 9! Phil Jul 25 2011, 03:24 PM

Pertinax Phil, thank you for that pan. That really helped ... Jul 25 2011, 04:01 PM

belleraphon1 Wow.... I love the different horizon lines in the... Jul 25 2011, 06:53 PM

Stu Oh my... We're almost there... almost there..... Jul 25 2011, 08:05 PM

jamescanvin My version Jul 25 2011, 08:10 PM

fredk Thanks, guys! We should point out that the hi... Jul 25 2011, 08:20 PM

empebe QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 25 2011, 09:20 PM) The... Jul 26 2011, 12:45 AM

Fran Ontanaya QUOTE (fredk @ Jul 25 2011, 09:20 PM) Doe... Jul 26 2011, 03:04 AM

Stu Stretched crop... Jul 25 2011, 08:23 PM

Ant103 And… my version. Sure we are F5'ing every d... Jul 25 2011, 08:59 PM

Stu The beauty of Mars, right there... Jul 25 2011, 09:03 PM

antipode That's art Stu. Oppy is saving the best for l... Jul 25 2011, 09:52 PM

elakdawalla Generally the MSM picks up things only when there ... Jul 25 2011, 09:59 PM

Stu Thanks antipode I'm sure that once Oppy ha... Jul 25 2011, 10:00 PM

Stu Ok folks... 3D glasses on, and time to tiptoe arou... Jul 25 2011, 10:27 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (empebe @ Jul 25 2011, 07:45 PM) ..... Jul 26 2011, 05:40 AM

serpens QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jul 26 2011, 05:40 ... Jul 26 2011, 11:26 AM

fredk Plans are to drive about 100 metres on 2667 and ma... Jul 26 2011, 02:30 PM

elakdawalla QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jul 25 2011, 09:40 ... Jul 26 2011, 02:48 PM

Bobby Just wanted to say Thanks to Everyone here for all... Jul 26 2011, 07:03 AM

jamescanvin Just a heads up that tosol (2667) is a driving sol... Jul 26 2011, 07:59 AM

Stu 12 hours? That's no use, I'll be at work. ... Jul 26 2011, 08:52 AM

jamescanvin Some data is now in the tracking database - looks ... Jul 26 2011, 03:15 PM

CryptoEngineer I think discussion of an arrival-date pool was cut... Jul 26 2011, 08:50 PM

ElkGroveDan One navcam pair is down Jul 26 2011, 09:04 PM

briv1016 I think I might've forgotten my phone. Can we... Jul 26 2011, 09:26 PM

climber I believe, reading here (http://opportunityendeavo... Jul 26 2011, 09:26 PM

Stu While we all wait for the latest images to come ba... Jul 26 2011, 11:13 PM

Eluchil QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 26 2011, 11:13 PM) I... Jul 27 2011, 05:05 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 26 2011, 04:13 PM) While... Jul 27 2011, 05:34 AM

Astro0 Excellent interview with Scott. Thanks Stu! F... Jul 27 2011, 01:57 AM

brellis From that excellent interview, it's interestin... Jul 27 2011, 02:11 AM

Astro0 More navcams are in for Sol2667 Jul 27 2011, 02:22 AM

Marslauncher Simply wow, I havent been this excited since Spiri... Jul 27 2011, 03:07 AM

SFJCody They're driving again today! Slight reposi... Jul 27 2011, 04:03 AM

Stu Thanks Dan, appreciate that. I know what you mean.... Jul 27 2011, 05:57 AM

Astro0 A complete (?) if not distant view of Endeavour th... Jul 27 2011, 06:54 AM

remcook Excitement levels rising here and I think I'm ... Jul 27 2011, 07:02 AM

Robert S Thank you for the awesome interview with Scott, St... Jul 27 2011, 01:47 PM

Ant103 Sol 2667 in analgyph. It give a pretty good sensat... Jul 27 2011, 02:51 PM

Tesheiner Woah! Two days without net access and I'm ... Jul 27 2011, 03:49 PM

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