Matijevic Hill first survey, Sol 3057 - 3152 |
Matijevic Hill first survey, Sol 3057 - 3152 |
Sep 3 2012, 03:40 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Sep 3 2012, 06:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Sep 3 2012, 07:45 PM
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Very nice images. Are these rubble piles likely to be impact-related?
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Sep 3 2012, 08:34 PM
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I still see those overhangs as being astonishingly unstable, even in the lower gravity. Watch yourself Oppy!
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Sep 3 2012, 10:19 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
I still see those overhangs as being astonishingly unstable, even in the lower gravity. Watch yourself Oppy! One nice thing about 6-wheel driving is that even if one gives way the others pick up the slack. Now if you are talking about IDD, that is a completely different thing. We definitely cannot have one of the wheels on unstable ground while IDD'ing or place the IDD on an unstable rock. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Sep 3 2012, 11:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2090 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Yes, the sections on the left (South?) look a lot less foreboding.
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Sep 4 2012, 04:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Everyone off the bus. I think we could be here a while. That, is one strange looking outcrop. -------------------- ...Tom
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Sep 4 2012, 05:24 AM
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Sep 4 2012, 05:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I showed the latest image of this outcrop to my roommate, who pointed out its resemblance to a large pile of, er, thoat droppings.
My hope is that this is the edge of an upturned flap of rock strata that was violently flipped during the impact that formed Endeavour. It looks like the edge of a strata that dips in towards the center of Endeavour, though that's hard to tell with any certainty from this angle. Anyone think this resembles the Woolly Patch that Spirit studied, which is suspected to have been a small clay outcrop? -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Sep 4 2012, 05:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1585 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Wow - someone wasn't around for Sol 1. This outcrop looks about the same size/height as the great wall of Eagle Crater some 8.5 years ago. Nothing the team can't handle. Back in the day, young Opportunity was expected to walk to school through thigh-deep snow drifts, uphill both ways. |
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Sep 4 2012, 06:27 AM
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Sorry, I should have been more clear in my post; I was wondering how stable the overhang is if Oppy uses the IDD as Paolo said (we don't know how well attached it is to the surface or what the wind has been doing to it).
I'm know it's nothing that can't be dealt with and I certainly do remember Eagle Crater! |
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Sep 4 2012, 12:16 PM
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Sep 4 2012, 12:36 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I wonder how much the mission geologists are drooling, looking at these rocks..?
Edit: worked on that a bit more and got rid of that greeny colour... much better here: http://roadtoendeavour.files.wordpress.com...titled-1bv2.jpg -------------------- |
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Sep 4 2012, 12:50 PM
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Sep 4 2012, 01:18 PM
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If those are hematite blueberries studding the rocks, then they would be the same ol' Meridiani layers, not pre-impact material. IMHO
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