To the Cape!, Quackmire and arm troubles Options

[climber]

Nice to see her again from the sky. Is this the first pictures from Oppy inside Vicky ?

Something different. I cannot remember whether somebody already pointed out this possibility :
Would be nice to send Oppy there on the way to Cape Verde :
Edit : you'd better click on the image to see what I want to show :

[Stu]

That's really quite moving, seeing Oppy again from above. Brings home just how small she is, but how fearless too...!

[SpaceListener]

If there is much sleepage, Oppy must move back until the platform and go to closer to Cape Verde and then go down. Not yet I have studied about the degree of transversability of the surface closer to the Cape verde.

[Tesheiner]

> If there is much sleepage, Oppy must move back until the platform ...

AFAIK that's what they are trying to do, without too much success.

[Ant103]

Hi,

Still a long time without make pictures. So, after the beautiful pan of James, I want to show mine


And a little desktop from it, with a new 16:9 format :


Bye,

Damien.

[Aussie]

Hey Ant, Love your desktops and have had Cape St Mary as my backdrop for a long time. But why such a low resolution for your latest effort?

[mike]

Thanks for the desktop image.

[BrianL]

New pics up on exploratorium. Much close scrutiny of the surface by the pancam. Guess I'll await the panel's analysis now.

Brian

[Ant103]

Hey Ant, Love your desktops and have had Cape St Mary as my backdrop for a long time. But why such a low resolution for your latest effort?

Because I was thinking that a lot of people have more 16/9 size screen than traditionnal 4/3. But, If you want, I can make a version with previous resolution I used .

Edit : for those like Aussi who prefer 1280 x 1024 px, here is a version of it : http://www.astrosurf.com/merimages/Desktop...esktop-1280.png

[Guest_Sunspot_*]

It looks like they may be stuck

[Aussie]

Hi Ant,
The 16/9 sizing was great. It was just that a 6kb JPEG doesn't
provide much definition compared to (for example) the 1.7 Meg PNG in your latest 4/3.

[Tesheiner]

Another attempt to free the rover from the trap (I'm wondering on a name for it...) was executed on sol 1499.
The wheels were commanded to drive for about one meter but Opportunity had a net move of less then 10cm, making for more than 90% slippage.

[fredk]

I'm wondering on a name for it...

Prepare yourselves: the Quackmire of Duck Bay!

(He ducks, expecting to have ruffled many feathers...)

[For non-native Englishers out there, quackmire = quagmire + quack (the sound an English duck makes!)]

Seriously, though, at least some of the other wheels seem to be on pretty firm ground (right rear especially). And it won't take too many 10cm drives to get completely back on firm ground. But this certainly raises questions about getting to the base of the cliff...

[Stu]

Nice detail visible, even from this far away...

[Aussie]

But this certainly raises questions about getting to the base of the cliff...

Quackmire. I think that will stick.

But the question is raises is not about access th the cliff, but rather why they chose to drive back across the excavated holes instead of around them. Or did they intend to go back to do an MI on the scuff and overshot through miscalculation of the slippage going downhill compared to the initial uphill withdrawal drive?