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The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay

fredk View Member Profile	Jun 1 2010, 04:36 PM Post #301
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4247 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152	I think there are a number of reasons to start a new thread. Squyres has confirmed we have turned east. We've passed the solstice and sunlight is now improving. Also we should be past the worst of the dunes now. And, we've finally gotten new pics down! And for the first time I can recall, the jpl site has beaten exploratorium! Here are the lookbacks after the 2252 and 2254 drives: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...KCP1795R0M1.JPG http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...NDP1777R0M1.JPG For those who don't know, the jpl site is one sol out of synch. You should add one sol to those numbers (2252 and 2254) to get the actual sols. There was a new drive on sol 2256: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...Q8P1212R0M1.JPG

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fredk The Start of the Drive East Jun 1 2010, 04:36 PM

Bobby Question: Has Opportunity equaled her distance ... Aug 8 2010, 04:38 PM

djellison You could calculate that yourself very easily just... Aug 8 2010, 04:40 PM

alan The question piqued my curiosity so I checked the ... Aug 8 2010, 06:34 PM

Floyd UMSF membership requires knowing how to fish. No f... Aug 8 2010, 09:04 PM

ilbasso Yes, it's much more helpful to tell someone to... Aug 9 2010, 02:18 AM

Bobby LOL and I will look up the answer. Now where is m... Aug 9 2010, 03:23 AM

ElkGroveDan Here's an easy trick Bobby. What you really w... Aug 9 2010, 03:47 AM

Bobby Thanks ElkGroveDan. I got part of it figured out... Aug 9 2010, 03:54 AM

djellison We had a year exploring the north rim, and then a ... Aug 9 2010, 05:34 AM

ngunn Anybody know what the larger nodules are (bright i... Aug 9 2010, 02:51 PM

alan Since the original question appears to have been f... Aug 9 2010, 05:01 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (ngunn @ Aug 9 2010, 04:51 PM) Anyb... Aug 9 2010, 06:26 PM

alan Oops, that should have been 2299. Aug 9 2010, 07:22 PM

Tesheiner Data from sol 2326 are flowing down. The mobility ... Aug 10 2010, 08:14 AM

Nirgal QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 10 2010, 10:14 AM)... Aug 10 2010, 10:03 AM

Tesheiner QUOTE (Nirgal @ Aug 10 2010, 12:03 PM) Th... Aug 10 2010, 09:38 PM

NW71 Eduardo, If sol 2327 is another driving day and i... Aug 10 2010, 09:56 PM

Stu I do love these rover self-portraits... http:/... Aug 10 2010, 11:49 AM

climber I'd said that Oppy is tosol 2326 at ~22200m. A... Aug 10 2010, 09:58 PM

NW71 QUOTE (climber @ Aug 10 2010, 10:58 PM) a... Aug 10 2010, 10:03 PM

BrianL Some Twitter comments from Scott on the latest dri... Aug 11 2010, 04:10 AM

Tesheiner The latest drive (sol 2327) was a little bit short... Aug 11 2010, 10:06 AM

Stu Very, very ripply... http://twitpic.com/2dpgyh Aug 11 2010, 02:31 PM

fredk Fortunately we're past those particular ripple... Aug 11 2010, 03:13 PM

Burmese Maybe they intend to angle NE up that fracture, th... Aug 11 2010, 05:10 PM

Tesheiner Dunno. And here's another piece to the puzzle ... Aug 11 2010, 06:46 PM

djellison I love it so much, I broke the tradition of a life... Aug 11 2010, 07:39 PM

climber QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 11 2010, 09:39 PM)... Aug 12 2010, 08:51 AM

fredk Based on Maxwell's comment and the drive direc... Aug 11 2010, 08:10 PM

Tesheiner That was my take too but I didn't included it ... Aug 11 2010, 08:19 PM

Stu I think we're about to enter a very interestin... Aug 11 2010, 09:18 PM

Phil Stooke That's where I left it! Thanks. Phil Aug 11 2010, 09:22 PM

peter59 Finally Opportunity entered the low ripples area. ... Aug 12 2010, 08:08 AM

Tesheiner QUOTE (peter59 @ Aug 12 2010, 10:08 AM) M... Aug 12 2010, 08:54 AM

Sunspot The Navcam images of the Hills are starting to loo... Aug 12 2010, 09:32 AM

Tesheiner Here's today's navcam mosaic. There is a s... Aug 12 2010, 10:56 AM

climber Even if you're very accurate Eduardo, it's... Aug 12 2010, 01:44 PM

Phil Stooke Here's an approximate reprojection of Tesheine... Aug 12 2010, 02:09 PM

jamescanvin After seeing the first signs of the ripples changi... Aug 12 2010, 07:17 PM

Tesheiner Good to know she already is on the blue/green colo... Aug 12 2010, 08:41 PM

NW71 QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 12 2010, 09:41 PM)... Aug 13 2010, 12:10 AM

Hungry4info Likely power. Solstice passed, power is improving ... Aug 13 2010, 12:30 AM

Tesheiner And we're no longer in "restricted sols... Aug 13 2010, 08:41 AM

climber Looking at Oppy tosol route and at James's pos... Aug 13 2010, 08:55 AM

Tesheiner Just checked the tracking data to know about the l... Aug 14 2010, 09:58 AM

dot.dk And when did we last see 4 driving sols in a row? ... Aug 14 2010, 12:28 PM

Burmese They are still aiming to mix in some forward-facin... Aug 14 2010, 06:51 PM

fredk From Maxwell: QUOTE Good: driving Opportunity toda... Aug 17 2010, 02:33 AM

djellison Housekeeping, remote science, late uplink, early d... Aug 17 2010, 03:08 AM

Astro0 A little view of the 'Maxwell-motion' tech... Aug 17 2010, 06:31 AM

Tesheiner Here's the navcam mosaic taken after today... Aug 17 2010, 07:46 PM

PDP8E Here is a image I thought was pretty nice. Opportu... Aug 18 2010, 02:55 AM

eoincampbell That lovely shot put this tune in my head http:... Aug 18 2010, 05:52 AM

Tesheiner Here's the navcam mosaic from sol 2334 and loo... Aug 18 2010, 10:10 PM

PDP8E Here is the end of drive image on Sol 2334 (today ... Aug 19 2010, 03:13 AM

Tesheiner Here's today's navcam mosaic. Back on soli... Aug 19 2010, 02:20 PM

Stu Solid, and more than a little mussed-up... Aug 19 2010, 02:23 PM

nprev That is interesting. (Great anaglyph, Stu!) Co... Aug 19 2010, 05:59 PM

Stu This does look like an interesting place... And... Aug 20 2010, 04:05 PM

Tesheiner I have the feeling we will stop here for more than... Aug 20 2010, 05:59 PM

climber QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 20 2010, 07:59 PM)... Aug 20 2010, 11:53 PM

Bobby Since we have left Victoria Crater. How many Sci... Aug 20 2010, 07:22 PM

marsophile QUOTE (Bobby @ Aug 20 2010, 12:22 PM) .. ... Aug 20 2010, 08:14 PM

djellison And again Bobby - that's a question you could ... Aug 20 2010, 07:33 PM

djellison Cambridge....pah...never lived there. UMSF's ... Aug 21 2010, 12:11 AM

nprev From what I gather, we should be very wary if we e... Aug 21 2010, 12:38 AM

Explorer1 Since it's Cambridge Bay, it can only refer to... Aug 21 2010, 01:39 AM

PDP8E Oppy looked down at the pavement of Cambridge Bay ... Aug 21 2010, 03:28 AM

alan I wonder if there are any of those wavy features (... Aug 21 2010, 05:02 AM

CosmicRocker We can see from Tesheiner's route map (especia... Aug 21 2010, 05:11 AM

Bill Harris And notice the interesting weathering along the fr... Aug 21 2010, 09:20 AM

mhoward I guess we might be here for a short while. Aug 21 2010, 04:43 PM

Stu Looks nice in colour... Aug 21 2010, 10:04 PM

RokitSiNTst How about, Comparison of Sol 2335 view with 2336.... Aug 21 2010, 10:37 PM

Oersted I hope Nautilus and Capt. Anderson will feature in... Aug 24 2010, 12:02 AM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Aug 21 2010, 03:20 A... Aug 24 2010, 03:16 AM

Bill Harris She's still struggling to make contact with th... Aug 25 2010, 12:17 PM

monty python The latest oppy status update from http://marsrove... Aug 26 2010, 08:39 AM

monty python Clarin and Duero beaches are nice white sand beach... Aug 26 2010, 09:56 PM

Bill Harris Still struggling with the relay satellite, but at ... Aug 27 2010, 03:53 AM

djellison Bill - you're jumping to a false conclusion in... Aug 27 2010, 04:29 AM

CosmicRocker Thanks for making that index map, Bill. I'v... Aug 27 2010, 06:15 AM

CosmicRocker On sol 2341 the target named Duero Beach was image... Aug 27 2010, 06:29 AM

Bill Harris Very good, Tom. Your four image mosiac of Clarin ... Aug 27 2010, 12:17 PM

CosmicRocker I, too, saw what looked like the narrow voids they... Aug 31 2010, 05:23 AM

Astro0 While Oppy continues to gaze at the ground, I thou... Aug 31 2010, 06:49 AM

Egon Sorry, Astro0, I couldn't resist the temptatio... Aug 31 2010, 03:43 PM

Bill Harris QUOTE (CR)The latest MIs to come down image a curi... Aug 31 2010, 11:44 AM

Bobby The Train = Rabbit Opportunity = The Turtle Oppor... Aug 31 2010, 08:04 PM

Tesheiner The train to Endeavour is coming! With stops a... Aug 31 2010, 08:08 PM

Robert S LOL @ Egon! Haha, nice train! =) Sep 1 2010, 11:47 PM

Bill Harris QUOTE (CR)This is an interesting site with rather ... Sep 2 2010, 01:44 AM

Tesheiner I was wondering if someone would post the whole mo... Sep 7 2010, 07:41 PM

jamescanvin I was just working on it. Both images link t... Sep 7 2010, 08:03 PM

Astro0 A whole bunch of posts moved to the Cambridge Bay ... Sep 16 2010, 12:54 AM

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