Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 3A: In-situ science at the Kimberley, Sol 596 [Apr 10,'14] to 633 [May 18, '14] Options

[PaulH51]

I'm wondering if this is the spot where they will "do some science" (modulo a small bump here or there) or continue reconnoitering.

Still 'reconnoitering' acording to Ken's latest report LINK

.....Another drive toward potential drill targets was planned for Sol 606, followed by untargeted remote sensing on Sol 607.

[anticitizen2]

Excited to have a Haz sequence to play with - I'm hoping to do a little stabilization tomorrow morning

But here is the AutoNav on 606

Part 1

I split off Part 2 because it looks cooler and loop-reversed it for continuity

[jvandriel]

Here is the complete Navcam NL B panoramic view taken on Sol 606.

Jan van Driel

[Ant103]

It's now complete

[xflare]

Here is the complete Navcam NL B panoramic view taken on Sol 606.
Jan van Driel

Great Work.

[anticitizen2]

I felt there was too much bouncing around in the Haz sequence to just post the 5 frame gif

Here is the rear view, with Mt Joseph sinking into the terrain

And the front view. Not as nice, but it gives an idea of whats to our left, now.


And a quick question: I'm noticing quality degradation with the GIMP rotation tool - is that just unavoidable?

[fredk]

is that just unavoidable?

To some degree, yes. Whenever you rotate an image you must interpolate pixel values from the original grid onto the new one. That tends to give a somewhat blurred-looking rotated image. There are many ways of interpolating - some may work better for certain types of images. So if you can, try different interpolation algorithms.

[neo56]

An anaglyph with some NavCam pictures of sol 606

[Phil Stooke]

Loss of clarity during rotation: enlarge the image by a factor of 2, rotate, resample back to the original pixel size. That will lose less detail for you.

Phil

[neo56]

Panorama taken on sol 606 with MC34 (to be completed):


UPDATE: the panorama is now complete.

[anticitizen2]

Thanks for the advice! I just found the different interpolation settings, so I'll have to read up on them.

Apologies for the successive posts, so here is a nice sunset from 586, full res linked


Also, the earlier MAHLI images of the mast are down!! Something about seeing wire-ties on Mars makes me smile.

Lastly, just wanted to say thanks again for all the panoramas in this area - Curiosity's taken a look from so many different locations around the Kimberly

[atomoid]

wonder why the MAHLIs pairs are essentially retakes 15 seconds apart rather than focus stack or attempts at stereo pairs?
something about trying to make out spec numbers under all that dusty coating makes me smile too..

[djellison]

They're not retakes - look at the motor count - they're slightly different focus points.

[atomoid]

indeed slight, surprising just 15 seconds apparently documents visible shadow progression in many areas (gif), unless the slight shift was caused by rover settling..

[neo56]

Panorama taken on sols 603 & 604 with MC34:


And the corresponding zoom with MC100 on the rocks of Mount Remarkable: