Sol 453 navcam pan:
Off we go - this is a circular version of the 3/4 pan we have right now.
Phil
Location after the sol 454 drive. We only have a few pics and I have not yet located this spot on the map. EDIT: Got it! - not where I expected.
Phil
Panorama acquired with MastCam 34 on sol 453:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/10873779305/
Here is a circular version of the panorama jvandriel posted just above, much more complete than my earlier one. Quite a rugged area. I expected we would go southwest but we turned due west. I see some thick protruding veins or fracture fill 120 m ahead in the HiRISE images (unless they are drifts, that could very well be... is it too late to retract my suggestion?), but it's perhaps more likely that the route will just turn SW past the big crater south of us. Another drive today - we'll see where that goes.
Phil
My version from Sol-454.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/10896721205/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/10897360545/
Sol 455 drive, seen from FLB, fisheye-corrected 125°, magnified twice:
http://imgbox.com/acp0imvH (4MB), and post-drive MAHLI: http://imgbox.com/adbmpPjh
Cool Gerald!
I made a couple of clips of my de-fisheye processing of a video that I am producing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2er8ESNrQE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TFKmSNbSb8
Not sure where to post this, But here is our entire Journey so far from Landing day all the way up to Sol-456
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT480b8s5i8
Great! Supercool!
Circular version of the above. I got the impression from a recent article - but can't recall which one - that we might bypass Waypoint 3 and move straight to Waypoint 4 (which looks fascinating and very different from this area). Time will tell.
Phil
James, that video is amazing, really impressive work. Somehow you managed to make the quality high enough and the motion smooth enough so that it really flows. Music choice works too!
I second that emotion!
Phil
Sol 456 Navcam pan
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol456_pano.jpg
Awesome Damia!
Here is the Rear Hazcam view video from Landing all the way to Sol-456. Not as many images as the front Hazard camera of coarse, but my best attempt anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N-oxoQAmm4
Ken http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/astrogeology/sol-458-update-on-curiosity-from-usgs-scientist-ken-herkenhoff-murray-buttes some issue with wheel stall and electrical problem during Sol 455.
Here's a navcam stitch looking ENE, from about halfway through the loopback I mentioned in the previous post.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1559
That update on the electrical problem has me a little confused. Maybe an engineer will add some clarifying comments.
If a device has a 32 volt bus, shouldn't the deltaV between the bus and the chassis be 32 volts in the absence of any soft shorts? The update mentions soft shorts that dropped the deltaV from 16v to 11v to 4v, but was there an earlier event that dropped the voltage from 32v to 16v? Or, is there something else I am missing that causes the deltaV between a 32v bus and a chassis to be only 16 volts?
Also, is it correct to suspect that with only a 4 volt margin remaining after 5 volt and 7 volt soft shorts, it is unlikely the electrical system can survive another, similar soft short?
At last! Sol 462 - some new images are on the ground.
Phil
Kind of sound's like the grounding issue that happened on Spirit.
A wee bird tells me that, though we see very few images, the arm was busy over the weekend and there will be more drives very soon.
Phil
There are a couple of Sol462 hazcam images down, looking hopeful!
Wow - look at those wheels!
http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00463/0463MH0261000000E1_DXXX.html
(no, not because they are dinged up a bit - because they look great!)
- and then look beyond them at the mountains. Even more wow - I don't know if they have ever looked so clear.
Phil
Latest news on the fault http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-340
My take on the mosaics taken on Sol 463. Separate parts, because the centers of the mosaics is not the same.
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol463_MAHLI_1.jpg
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol463_MAHLI_2.jpg
Yes Very good visibility this sol
My take on this panorama :
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol465_pano.jpg
And Sol 463 Mastcam34 pano :
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol463_Mastcam34.jpg
It's great to have these nice panoramas again after a bit of a break. This is Ant103's navcam pan in circular form. EDIT - OK, I updated mine too... it's hard to keep up with you! (EDIT - replaced for a second time)
Phil
Thanks Phil ^^
In my previous post, I've updated this panorama with the last frames
And another product derived from Ant103... this time the Mastcam34 panorama. I subjected the horizon section to a bit of a vertical stretch (moderate, for me) to separate out the various ridges. Here they are with locations identified on a map of the landing ellipse. The black dot is Curiosity's location.
Phil
Nice one Phil. I was wondering what those low hills were.
Sorry Phil, but I think that you will have to update for a third time your polar projection
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol465_pano.jpg
OK... gasp... I can just about keep up - not as young as I used to be - gasp. I replaced the previous image with the new one rather than posting again.
Phil
Sol 465 MAHLI, rotated 150 degrees, white balanced and stretched by some lower region of the sky:
http://imgur.com/XvkhYKG
and MARDI of the same Sol:
http://imgur.com/pGtzrAS
The Right Mastcam Pan for Sol-467
What a landscape!
Just one of the Sol 367 MR images, white-balanced using lower sky, 4-fold enhanced:
http://imgur.com/PCRCL3Q
Yes, it's amazing - and just wait a bit and we'll be right in there among those hills. Fantastic place!
Phil
My take on the MC100 panorama taken on sol 467:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11326817666/
In false colors, to highlight colors differences between rocks:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11326860106/
I removed the "black dots" which appear on every MC100 pictures (dust on the CCD ?) with the GIMP cloning tool.
I'm not totally satisfied with the blending process, seams are too pronounced.
I'm using PTGui to make my pans. I select "PTGui" for the option "Blend using...". I tried using "Enblend plugin" but the result is worse. I also tried the option "Perform automatic exposure and color adjustment" when aligning images. Seams are less pronounced but there is a gradient of luminosity from the left to the right part of the panorama.
James, your result is much more better. Could you tell me what software do you use to make your pans ?
UPDATE: after flatfielding MC100 photos using sol 36 pictures of the sky, the result is much better and seams are no more visible (thank you James for your help! )
PTGui, Autopano Pro Giga, and Photoshop. PM me if you want further help, I'd be happy to.
Sol 469, MAHLI looking at its wheels again. http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=469&camera=MAHLI
One of the wheels is balanced on a rock!
Sol 470 partial navcam pan:
Charborob's partial pan in circular format. Three rocks nearby on the west side are visible in HiRISE to give a good location for the map.
Phil
I edited my previous navcam pan for sol 470, as some new images have been received.
Maybe I should curb my panorama-making enthousiasm and wait until all images are available.
Sol 470 - Nine Frame Navcam Anaglyph...
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol470-Navcam-9-Frame-Panorama-Anaglyph.jpg
Personal Note: An unusually brisk period of business and family related activitities has kept me from posting much of anything the last few months but I've been keeping abreast of things as time allows and enjoying the posts and graphics from everyone here at the forum. As usual, excellent work from all! Finally had a few moments to knock out an anaglyph from yestersol's position. Looks like some rough country ahead...
Very nice pictures.
This is the sol 472 partial pan (roughly thrown together) in circular form to help locate the rover.
Phil
As of sol 472 we are on the verge of entering a new map quadrangle. The science team divided the landing region into map areas called quadrangles for geological mapping before landing. Each one gets a name and a scheme for feature names. The first one, the landing area, was Yellowknife Quadrangle, with names taken from northern Canadian geology. The second, Mawson, took names from Antarctic geology. Cooperstown (Waypoint 2) was in a third quadrangle whose names come from (as far as I can tell) the NE USA/New England region, but I don't know the quadrangle name. And now we are about to cross into a new quadrangle, but the name has not been released yet.
If anyone can fill in a little more information, please do!
Phil
A few images left to go, but here is the Sol-468 M34 360 Pan.
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/145852
Gale wall crop from Sol468 pan
http://makeagif.com/i/3PRsJK
http://makeagif.com/i/P4xEyf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/11233243834/
EDIT:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/11233632616/
Sol 474 RLB 5-image wheel-watching:
http://imgur.com/zNsa6O9
Sol 468 - MC34 - 360 Panorama is now complete...
Click thumb for a Quarter Sized Version (at 7500 x 2194 pixels - 3.49MB):
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol468-MC34-360-Degree-Panorama-7500x2194px.jpg
...The Full Resolution version came in at a bit over 32,000 pixels in width. Here's a near Full Resolution at a whopping 29,999 x 8,774 pixels (had to reduced the width slightly for some Photoshop handling)....
>>>> 35.51MB Zip File: http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol468-MC34-360-Degree-Panorama-29999x8774px.zip
Sol 474 - 360 Degree Navcam Anaglyph (bottom cropped)...
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol474-Navcam-360-Degree-Anaglyph.jpg
Can't see that large crater just a few meters off to the SE yet due to what appears to be it's slightly elevated western rim, but it'd sure be nice to mosey over there and get a view of it. Especially that picturesque dune field on it's floor...
2-D View - (NLB - full frame)...
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol474-Navcam-360-Degree-Panorama.jpg
After quite a while, a http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1564 today at AGU at 9 a.m. PST.
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/astrogeology/sol-476477-update-on-curiosity-from-usgs-scientist-ken-herkenhoff-good-time-for-an-upgrade
Just to say : I have moved from an place, to an other, and while the Internet is coming back at home, I will not able to do a proper work. It will just be a matter of Sols. I mean… Days ^^
After the first briefing, I'm left with one question that this group could anwer...
Any young impact craters on proposed path of Curiosity?
The target area KMS_9 mentioned in the announcement is the same as Waypoint 4, looking back at the map showing the waypoints. I don't know what the KMS refers to.
And as far as I can see there are no really fresh craters along the way.
Phil
I didn't notice earlier this large crater on the inner slope of Gale crater.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00477/mcam/0477ML1893001000E1_DXXX.jpg
Yes, the crater in question is about 10º south of west, and everything seems to line up with the map. Nice indeed. What a view!
Nice view.
Just part of the Mastcam R panorama on Sol 467.
Jan van Driel
Stunning. Are we there yet?
Here is my version of the Sol 468 Mastcam34 full color pan It's a pretty heavy pan ^^
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/curiosity-2013.html#113
Marvellous, Damia! I used this and another clear view made by you (Sol437) to make a long baseline stereogram near "Entry point":
The layering of the dark beds looks to be pretty much planar and therefore could / should have extended well beyond current bounds. There has obviously been a lot of Aeolian erosion since the massive depositional sequence. The upper mound seems to fit Kite's model but not so much the dark layers. Has anyone seen any "official" speculation on the depth of material removed from Opportunities (oops edit Curiosity's)current position? The Yellowknife Bay scarp retreat model reflects some 3 metres over 80 Myr, but that is in an essentially benign environment.
It's hard to say. The minerals can't ever have been heated to high temperature: "The presence of smectite, magnetite, and akaganeite suggests that the mudstone has not experienced burial heating above ~200°C." (Farley et al). But the geothermal gradient at Gale is quite low (15 degrees per km) so they could've been buried by several kilometers and not experienced such a high temperature. I recall someone saying at AGU that they were likely buried at 10s to 100s of meters but unfortunately I can't remember who said that or how they supported that statement.
The scarp retreat numbers are not 3 m per 80 my. Scarp retreat is a horizontal process, not a vertical one, and the number they reported is 1 meter of scarp retreat per million years. The surface of the Sheepbed unit is also deflating vertically but that's happening substantially more slowly.
Thanks Emily. I was actually referring to vertical deflation as a function of scarp retreat. Analysis suggests the sample was close to the surface at around 80 Myr ago but prior to that (over 80 Myr ago) it had to be protected by at least 3 metres thickness of material. The lower reaches of Mount Sharp seem to imply at least hundreds of metres of deflation. It took years to get a handle on Meridiani - Gale may take longer.
Any news about ongoing rover http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/astrogeology/sol-476477-update-on-curiosity-from-usgs-scientist-ken-herkenhoff-good-time-for-an-upgrade ?
Installed, tested, nearly ready to use. Should be active again pretty soon (a little bird tells me).
Phil
Was the power glitch from Nov 17th related to the software upgrade (and glitch) from a couple of days earlier, or it only (unfortunately!) happened one after the other?
Olivier
My take on the MC100 photos taken on sol 475:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11353345515/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11353509875/
RMI pictures have been taken on sol 475, focusing on the base of Mount Sharp. Here are these RMI mosaics along with a context:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11354840576/
Do someone knows why we do not have new images nor updates in last 6 days? Can be related to programmed software update?
I'd say, you've given the answer, plus AGU last week and week end.
Yep. Bobak Ferdowsi https://twitter.com/tweetsoutloud/status/411942161723060224 that it was the last day of the FSW install. I expect we'll see new stuff soon.
Long Baseline MC34 Anaglyph...
Taking a que from http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=7747&view=findpost&p=205319, here's an all MC34 anaglyph view comprised of the Sol 437 and Sol 468 panos. Baseline is about 275 meters. The focal point is on or about the base of the foothills but with such a wide baseline, pulling in the the flats and mesa's in the closer dune field foreground area requires a bit of eye adjustment but it's easily doable without a great deal of eye strain if one focuses on the foothills first and slowly moves their focus closer.
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol437-and-468-MC-34-Mt-Sharp-Foothills-Long-Baseline-Anaglyph.jpg
I can do that, but it did strain my eyes a bit. This is shaping up to be every bit of the expedition of discovery that I thought it would be. I look forward to every step.
Thanks for that, Ed.
Pictures!
Phil
http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/00485.html
... and APXS, visible in Sol 485 Front Hazcam stereo, fisheye-corrected 125°:
http://imgur.com/UnCE0n1
Here's a heavily color-stretched mosaic of the area of investigation, from Sol 477 MR.
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/astrogeology/sol-485-update-on-curiosity-from-usgs-scientist-ken-herkenhoff-upgrade-complete
Yes, it looks like the DRT was used.
Phil
I was checking out the Curiosity data on the Analyst's notebook and found a comment in the uplink report in one sol (I didn't note which one it was, sadly, but I'm fairly sure it was while they were at Cumberland) to the effect that they weren't allowed to use the DRT for some reason. I looked forward and back in time to see what that was about, but didn't see any further information. Does anybody know anything about this? When was the last time we saw the DRT used?
(I realize that the last question especially can be answered for myself by patiently looking back through the daily images but I'm swamped and am hoping someone here will find that an enjoyable activity or will actually have that info at their fingertips.)
DRT was last used at Cumberland just before they departed. Comments like that are common in the Notebook, for one thing or another, ChemCam or REMS etc. - some temporary fault which is usually fixed soon.
Phil
I clearly need to spend a few days just reading those reports. There's a wealth of information in them.
I am pretty sure Curiosity has just spat out the leftovers from the Cumberland drill hole.
http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00486/0486MH0244001003E1_DXXX.html
Context:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00486/opgs/edr/ncam/NRB_440636804EDR_S0240366NCAM00469M_.JPG
Sol 485 - 3-frame Navcam foreground anaglyph...
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol485-Navcam-3-Frame-Foreground-Anaglyph.jpg
The pile looks like portland.
From the Notebook :
"Strategic Guidance: Drive...Drive...Drive!!!"
Now that sounds good.
Sol 487 MAHLI anaglyph of Cumberland dump:
http://imgur.com/a2OLliZ
Reduced x-eye version:
http://imgur.com/k83dmXK
MC100 photos taken on sol 486. Nice layering !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11461608193/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11461620563/
Another view from the MAST L cam taken on Sol 486.
Jan van Driel
Sorry, but I couldn't resist to "convert" the Sol 468 Mastcam34 pan into a big Postcard of my own
Enjoy
http://www.db-prods.net/blog/2013/12/20/journey-to-mount-sharp-a-sol-468-postcard/
Checkin' up the wheels on Sol 488.
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol488_MAHLI.jpg
The view ahead for Sol 488; Mastcam-34, slightly contract stretched. More rough, rocky terrain.
And with Mastcam100
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2013/Sol488_Mastcam100.jpg
Beautiful! Looks like we will be moving soon.
Phil
A move on sol 490, but only a little one, just a bump forwards. The rock with the dumped sample on it is now between the front wheels.
Phil
Sol 488 MARDI montage (enhanced):
http://imgur.com/nwkNQEY
Probably the first time we have overlapping MARDI images when driving.
Edit: The overlap can be used for x-eyed stereo http://imgur.com/ikA2lMG or anaglyph http://imgur.com/jllpfmH.
But low quality makes it a bit challenging.
The multiple MAHLI mosaics of the wheels on sol 490 must be intended to allow full mapping of the wheel surfaces - a small turn between each set of pictures.
Phil
Looks like the rover got on the road again on sol 494. Curiosity's now parked in front of what looks like a sand pit or small crater.
(to the strains of Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again")
Yes, it's not a very long drive but at least we are moving again. I can't update our map until after New Year.
Phil
The 360 degree Navcam L panoramic view on Sol 494.
Jan van Driel
Sol 494 - Navcam 360 Degree Anaglyph...
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol494-Navcam-360-Degree-Panorama-Anaglyph.jpg
...and another 2-D NLB view...
http://www.edtruthan.com/mars/Sol494-Navcam-360-Degree-Panorama.jpg
And a circular view from jvandriel's pan. Map update in a few days.
Phil
Panorama taken on sol 494 with MastCam 34 mm (one photo is still missing):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11626686535/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11628067616/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11643418756/
Also available here: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/147288
Haven't seen raw images for a few days. Sol 494 was the last time they came down according to the MSL web site. What's going on?
Holidays / weekend.
What is a "holiday"?
A holiday is one of those days when you don't have to do drab, uninteresting things and can instead do things you really want to be doing...
Come to think of it, if I did what you do, I'd wonder what a holiday is, too...
-the other Doug
... it's one of those days when your spouse won't let you go to the office!
Phil
On a side note, on MSL we have "Solidays", a non-planning day when we transition from restricted Sols to non-restricted Sols. I wonder if this word together with "Tosol", "Yestersol" will ever make it to the Webster's Dictionary. I definitely use them more often than "selfie". ;-)
Happy 2014 'yall.
Paolo
Happy sol 500 Curiosity, and a happy new year to those of us on Earth!
Let's all celebrate sol 500 by getting a Curiosity Lego model:
http://shop.lego.com/en-NL/NASA-Mars-Science-Laboratory-Curiosity-Rover-21104
My version of the Sol-494 360 degree M34 panorama.
Gigapan
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/147377
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/11683836914/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/11683693863/
...one entire week without new images/info... I am starting to be nervous again!
Some impatience, yes. Nervous? Not before Wednesday next week.
Btw.: How long lasts a week-equivalent (if unique) on Mars?
Still the holiday season, all...relax.
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/astrogeology/sol-502-update-on-curiosity-from-usgs-scientist-ken-herkenhoff-back-to-full-science-operations
That is really nice work, Vitaliy.
What's up with the bright glints on the rightmost side of http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00502/0502MR1969002000E1_DXXX.html? I wonder if it's bright underneath the dust? Or is it just a sun angle effect?
Also: What's up with the changes of plane in the laminations of http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00502/0502MR1976002000E1_DXXX.html? Is it just some layers weathering and then tilting after weathering? It's doing a good impression of those plane changes being primary features.
Are we looking at a wind polished vesicular basalt?
Mosaic of MastCam 100 mm photos taken on sol 502:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11771253425/
If this it the windward side it seems to be non-stick finish.
The wall of Gale crater imaged on sol 502 with MastCam 34 mm:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11799937453/
Contrast enhanced to highlight details on the wall:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11799707635/
That last one is really nice, neo56. Fun to scroll horizontally.
For those, like me, who have been stymied by flicker recently, the "view all sizes" option is buried beneath an ellipsis. Click the "..." in the right sidebar and select "Download / all sizes."
My take on this magnificent panorama
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/curiosity-2014.html#1
Hey MSL team, how about using the Mastcam100 in order to produce the same panoramic ?
There are crushed rocks at the left side. So the tilt might also be impact-related.
My take on the tilting layers? Just a chunk comprising one prominent layer and a few lesser ones below it which has fallen a few cm from the higher part of the rock and rotated as it fell.
Phil
I would agree Phil, were it not for the inclination of the rocks to the left of the 'prominent tilted layer'. Overall there is the impression of a small syncline .
Ant & Neo - nice work, done with a lot of care! Having two screens helps me enjoy panoramas like this. Everyone else - the hi res images are REALLY worthwhile checking out.……Hᴜɢʜ…..ツ
http://curiosityrover.com/tracking/drivetrack.php?drivenum=124.
Thank you HughFromAlice I like hugs :3
How about with some more sky ?
http://www.db-prods.net/blog/2014/01/06/les-montagnes-du-cratere-gale-sol-502/
Simply STUNNING, Damia! ... as always.
Yes, beautiful indeed.
This is a semicircular view of the current location, sol 504 drive.
Phil
A brutal enhancement on last Damia panorama of distant rim, in order to better see low contrast features...
To give more perspective to the scene, here is a correspondance of several features observed on the Curiosity's panorama with a mosaic of CTX pictures from Google Mars:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105035663@N07/11801984163/
The most distant point is point 19 at 46 km. Point 1 is at 30 km, point 10 is at 26 km and point 21 is at 17 km.
Very good jobs
Sol 504 Navcam pan. Love the lighting.
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol504_pano.jpg
EDIT : UPDATED
Are there already any long term plans for the rover beyond Mt Sharp? That S-shaped creek bed on the crater wall in the latest panorama would be my favorite destination once the rover makes it down from the mountain... [sorry if this is off-topic!]
No more than there are long-term plans for Oppy after Endeavour; the science is just so rich at the main destination. Anything beyond will be planned when its completely exhausted (far beyond the primary mission, I'm guessing).
This has been considered in the later landing site workshops, with interesting targets in the mountain highlighted. Also, nice though that valley to the north looks, there are much better targets west and southwest of Mt Sharp if they decide to return to the plains. In particular there is a much bigger valley on the southwest wall of the crater which produced a big delta or fan.
Phil
My panorama of the all crater rim at 494 and 502 sols.
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zelenyikot/65139567/62761/62761_original.jpg
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9808/5155288.0/0_b7711_b857cb03_orig
The scenery is starting to get more interesting... Have your cameras ready...
Intrigued by this ChemCam image taken on Sol 505.
Light-coloured vertical line-like features.
Some slope streaks too
Here is the complete Navcam L view taken on Sol 504.
Jan van Driel
Crosseye of detail from part of http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00506/0506MH0190001000C0_DXXX.html on SOL 507 506
Actually they (these specific features) have been seen repeatedly, and I pointed them out in Mastcam images long ago - maybe as early as the drive towards Yellowknife Bay. I described them as giant veins at the time.
Phil
MastCam drive animation Sols 504 / 506 with 25 m travelled between the two images:
And we got our tracks in HiRISE:
http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_034572_1755
Phil
Here is the complete 360 degree Navcam L panoramic view on Sol 506
Jan van Driel
Thanks... but actually I am now going back over it making small corrections. HiRISE is the final word on where we have been.
Phil
Quite fascinating sharp landscape toward us Sol 506 Mastcam34 pano (5.1 Mo)
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol506_Mastcam34.jpg
"I got the cruise control locked in at 35"
A short hop to the 508 location - here's rough circular pan with what's available so far.
Phil
ChemCam mosaic from Sol 507. Fairly happy with how this one came out, & looking forward to what the color-merging experts might do.
Fantastic - you guys are wizards!
Phil
Great ChemCam mosaics... does the laser reach these distant(>7m) targets?
No - the laser is not used, only the remote imager part of it. The laser is restricted to targets within about 8 m, I think.
The target name database at PDS shows names for a couple of the early targets like these (Castle Mountain and Ameto). As the data releases catch up with where we are now we should get names for these sites.
Phil
Zelenyikot, wow, the color really makes it come alive - never expected something that good or that quick. Nice work!
For context, this chemcam mosaic includes part of a large crater we've seen since the early days, and nearby fascinating features:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00507/mcam/0507MR1991000000E1_DXXX.jpg
crosseye view of terrain from http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00508/NRB_442598204EDR_F0250312NCAM00281M_.html I suppose we wont be veering http://curiosityrover.com/imgpoint.php?name=NRB_442598204EDR_F0250312NCAM00281M_ into that..
MastCam drive movie Sol 504 - 508:
Two beautiful views of MSL's ChemCam and MastCam cameras from Sol 505.
The eight thumbnail images are probably for a 'stacked' focus image that will be processed on board before being downlinked later.
I really like how the turret position and orientation is almost precisely the same in these two images relative to the FLB hazcam, even though the rover has moved and the arm is in a very different configuration. To see this, load up both these images in separate windows and flip from one to the other:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00508/opgs/edr/fcam/FLB_442590644EDR_F0250242FHAZ00216M_.JPG
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00510/opgs/edr/fcam/FLB_442764135EDR_F0250312FHAZ00216M_.JPG
Is someone showing off?
We're having a timespace breach !! Jake Matijevic rock is BACK !
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00511/opgs/edr/ncam/NLB_442858852EDR_F0250510NCAM00284M_.JPG
See the right part. It's pretty weird to find a very similar shaped rock…
EDIT : Let's be serious again. Sol 511 Navcam pan
EDIT DE NANTES : Panorama updated ^^
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol511_pano.jpg
I'm not sure what you mean by "documenting an observation". The turret is in almost exactly the same position and orientation in the rover frame in the two images, even though the rover and arm have moved. Even the rocker-bogey has tilted.
All I can think of is this is a test of precision in positioning the turret. Or an incredible coincidence.
Here's a circular version of Damia's sol 511 panorama.
Phil
Maybe trying to reposition the arm shadow? Looks like opposite side's wheels are lit, though I didn't check when other images were taken. But re-positioning check makes sense too, for wheel monitoring repeatability. Or it could just be the contortions needed to get the necessary range of motion for certain imaging angles, though in that case I suspect we'd have seen it before.
This reminds me of the Curiosity self portrait - many observations from the same position but with the arm in lots of different positions. Then it was done so the arm could be 'removed' from the mosaic. What is the objective in this case - avoiding shadowing?
Absolutely fascinating, mars_armer. So I guess that explains the need for 5 degrees of freedom for the arm - that's the minimum that gives you complete position and pointing control for the turret (up to various limitations, of course).
It looks like the series is continuing:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00512/opgs/edr/fcam/FLB_442949183EDR_F0250510FHAZ00216M_.JPG
This would make a very cool animation...
Cool MAHLI animations from Russia (not my).
http://habrastorage.org/storage3/09c/ee4/ec2/09cee4ec2aec9738120bfb33338a9ebc.gif and http://habrastorage.org/storage3/902/18a/368/90218a3683634435dd9d8acd0d6cafc1.gif
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00512/mcam/0512MR2012000000E1_DXXX.jpg
Interesting rock, wonder if they'll use the bush on it?
I think something got broken off that bit of the rock and rolled to Solander Point to become Pinnacle Island.
Phil
There's a pretty big stereo Mastcam panorama building up from sols 508-509. Not sure if I'll be able to get back to it, so here's my take on the ML portion available so far.
Another drive on sol 515 - here's a half-pan in circular form to show the area.
Phil
That looks like a conglomerate rock, but instead of being a matrix with rounded streambed-like inclusions (as we saw at Hottah) it looks like a lot of sharper fragments, arranged willy-nilly like a "dog's breakfast" and with far more inclusions than matrix. I'd even be thinking breccia, but the clasts are a lot sharper and flatter than I would normally expect to see in a breccia.
The individual shards of rock appear to be layered as well -- very fine layers, when you look at the scale of the image.
Oh, little rock, what stories do you have to tell?
-the other Doug
That is a cool rock, well spotted. I'd call those bright things "laths" and if it were on Earth I'd suspect an igneous or metamorphic rock and not a sedimentary rock right away. But this is Gale so....I don't know.
I gather this is a float rock? Feldspar?
interesting messy wedgey http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00513/0513MR2019001000E1_DXXX.html from:
Another photo is posted http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00514/opgs/edr/ccam/CR0_443121083EDR_F0250540CCAM02514M_.JPG Zelenyikot.
Sol 517 ChemCam panorama:
http://imgur.com/XTYzdxa
Don't think it's been posted anywhere yet, but I spotted a fun image sequence for the http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=515&camera=NAV_RIGHT_. A quick bit of image assembly later, and https://hylobatidae.org/misc/msl-navcam-sol-515.gif. Watch those rocker-bogies rock!
(I've also just noticed similar sequences for the left navcam, and on Sols 511, 504 and 494. Ooh.)
That's a great Chemcam mosaic. It suddenly made me think that a Phobos image from ChemCam would be really nice.
Phil
Very good ChemCam mosaic A lot of details there !
Here, is Sol 514 Navcam panoramic, with a dramatic lighting
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol514_pano.jpg
Wow. REALLY stunning, Damia, thank you!
Re P.'s mosaic in his previous post: I didn't have high hopes for ChemCam at first; the initial images looked pretty fuzzy & of poor resolution. Happy to be proved wrong!
The dramatic lighting in Ant103's mosaic shows some interesting aspects of aerosol scattering. At the azimuth of the sun, we see both the brighter sky and the increased glow in front of the crater rim. This could give some information on the scale height of the aerosols present, along with the aerosol optical depth. A good example to try and render as well.
I think this is our first M100 view of the big crater on the Gale rim:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00513/mcam/0513MR2020000000E1_DXXX.jpg
Thank you all
But I had to make a postcard of it, and a colorized one.
Done
http://www.db-prods.net/blog/2014/01/20/fin-de-journee-au-sol-512-sur-gale-carte-postale-by-curiosity/
This postcard is stunning and colorization is a masterpiece, brava!!!
(already my new desktop )
http://curiositymsl.com/track.jpg
Oh dear - have we lost our Curiosity log website? Joe - will it reappear?
Phil
A new URL for the Curiosity log website : http://curiositylog.com/
Mirko
Thank you SO much for your very nice comments This is encouraging to continue to this path
Sol 519 Navcam panoramic. I'm impressed of how the skyline has changed bewtween the previous sols
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol519_pano.jpg
This is the sol 520 half-pan in circular form - we turned south. That intriguing gap in the scarp to the west is blocked by a big drift, but we will be seeing a lot more of that kind of landscape soon.
Phil
Sol 520 Navcam pan
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol520_pano.jpg
And Sol 519 Mastcam34 :
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol519_Mastcam34.jpg
So glad Ken Herkenhoff is putting more place/target names in his updates. http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/astrogeology/sol-520-update-on-curiosity-from-usgs-scientist-ken-herkenhoff-no-rest-for-the-rover:
Me too!
Phil
Me three. Having something to label sites and sols with is great. (Now I have to get citations working in my content management so I can reference where these names are coming from.)
Cool. I hadn't appreciated how neatly that wind drift was parked across the gate between those two little highlands.
Any idea if the planned route is going "through the gates" ?? That would give an awesome panorama!
(I will reserve my comparison to the Black Gate of Mordor for the 'Humor and other stuff' chat)
Would it be interesting science-wise, though?
Not that gate! The big drift would be a potential hazard. But there are several places like that coming up in the next few months.
Phil
Besides the hazard that would be encountered trying to traverse that big drift, there are a number of other potential hazards that may best be avoided at this stage. These are revealed in much more clarity in the following MC-100 image. We can be assured that the rover drive team will select the least hazardous path for the journey to the next science 'way-point', and onward to the entry point for Mt Sharp....One thing is certain at this point, that path is going to offer us some challenges as well as spectacular images en-route http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/00517/0517MR2038000000E2_DXXX.html
Yes, it's been tested on everything it's likely to encounter.
This is a circular view of the sol 521 position - only a short drive, but I may have to correct this position a bit.
Phil
Thanks so much for the insight into the mission's thinking, Paolo Not having done the math, my impression of the drift was that it was much taller!
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/05141204.html
Phil, maybe you can update your polar projection with this Sol 521 panoramic
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol521_pano.jpg
Just chatted with Ashwin Vasavada about this feature and they don't have a name for it though he referred to it in our conversation as a "chute."
http://curiosityrover.com/ is alive again. Thanks so much, Joe!
I second that! I think it's the best MSL browsing site period.
Cant argue with that, though its hard to play favorites between the Midnight Planets and Joe's site, thy serve different purposes and tastes.
..now if Joe and Moe would merge their sites together into some sort of super-hybrid we would surely have Midnight MoJoe Mars Madness!
Just for clarity's sake: my name is Mike, not Moe. You're thinking of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Howard... completely different Stooge.
Sol 521 Front Right Hazcam B 4-image sequence, 125 degrees de-fisheye, shows MAHLI while imaging wheels, and driving a bit between images:
http://imgur.com/10paXDe
Sol 519 Navcam pan is now complete
http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2014/Sol519_pano.jpg
Now I can use a couple of Damia's new panoramas to update my circular views.
Sol 519:
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