Beyond Lewis and Clark Gap, Sol 4482- (September 2, 2016-) |
Beyond Lewis and Clark Gap, Sol 4482- (September 2, 2016-) |
Feb 27 2017, 06:51 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
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Mar 2 2017, 01:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
This Rocheport panoramic is a mess, so I gave up on the stitching work. You did good James
The last Navcam panoramic updated with some Navcam imagery of Sol 4653. And yes, I was wondering if this is a dust event we are seeing on the horizon on the right part of the pano. -------------------- |
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Mar 3 2017, 05:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4247 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
From the new PS update:
QUOTE In one of the Navcam panoramas we can actually see [the storm] in the distance,” said Callas. “This is the first time we've actually seen one of these dust storms from the ground. I'm surprized by this comment - usually all we see is an increase in tau and I would have guessed that a storm edge would be gradual. I guess he must be referring to the large 4653 gust we talked about. I don't know how easy it is to define the edge of a local storm - maybe it would have various gusts forming and disipating. But it certainly was true that this was one huge gust. Also from Nelson: QUOTE the dust factor... dropp[ed] from around 0.92 on Sol 4654 to 0.84 on Sol 4655 (February 26, 1017). Needless to say 0.92 is pretty much pristine. Of course now as dust settles that will rise.
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Mar 4 2017, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4247 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Nice to have a change of scenery! This is the first time we've seen Iazu in a while. Even with the high tau you can make it out on the left side of this frame:
http://merpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/oss/merb...D1P2364R2M_.JPG |
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Mar 5 2017, 06:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
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Mar 5 2017, 06:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Mar 5 2017, 08:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Marvellous.... that's why we all come to this forum after a decade....
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Mar 5 2017, 10:37 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10172 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Circular version of Damia's panorama.
Phil (should really be rotated a bit counterclockwise to put north at the top) -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 6 2017, 07:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
Wonderful guys!
My jab at the vista. Link to multiple resolutions: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/...0418175/sizes/l |
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Mar 7 2017, 10:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Mar 7 2017, 12:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I hope so too, although most or all of the horizon features more distant than Iazu are likely to be obscured by dust.
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Mar 7 2017, 12:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
I hope so to, but I find doing a full 360 color panorama is pretty slim to none given Oppy's flash situation and would take roughly a month to do in current RAM mode. That's a whole month of sitting still when she could be driving and a month closer to the gully. I do hope a smaller color pan is taken somewhere along the way, like at the point you suggested.
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Mar 7 2017, 01:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
I hope so to, but I find doing a full 360 color panorama is pretty slim to none given Oppy's flash situation and would take roughly a month to do in current RAM mode. That's a whole month of sitting still when she could be driving and a month closer to the gully. I do hope a smaller color pan is taken somewhere along the way, like at the point you suggested. Thanks James : I was just thinking about a quick 360° NavCam pan, like the one taken at Sol 3894 when the rover reached the summit of Cape Tribulation http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity_n3894.html plus (if possible) a L7 (blue) or L1 (clear) pan looking at the horizon only (like the ones taken at Sols 3902 and 4662) http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity_p3902.html http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity_p4662.html not only for EPO, but also for documentation purposes (pics that maybe interesting to revisit for science and geological setting in the future) |
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Mar 7 2017, 11:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
Brief update to Crumpler's page for sol4662 describing the path over the rim and those dusty gusts. I had to slap myself (yet again): "..14th year of operations..."
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Mar 9 2017, 03:40 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
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