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Endeavour Crater, And again shall we conquer the Remoteness
ustrax
post Sep 29 2008, 03:13 PM
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Opportunity is getting ready to embark on her most extraordinary journey, a true rover epic.
As information regarding how to win the distance are being collected here, and the emotional last views from Victoria Crater are being discussed here, I thought about creating a new thread that will surely become an obligatory stop as the tall peaks and other features of Endeavour start to rise in the horizon.
Here we will be able to discuss the location of features seen from the distance, references that will help us understanding better what we are seing and that will, fortunately, feed our spirit across the long sail across the Meridiani sandwaves.

Ultreya! smile.gif


I give it a kick with this navcam image, comparing it with Astro0's original (beautiful...) image:
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I'm sure James Canvin will correct me... rolleyes.gif



EDITED: I can't resist...I tried! I honestly tried, but it is stronger than me...so many features ahead and not a single name?! tongue.gif
Seriously, at Victoria we had features named after places visited by the vessel, and now for Endeavour? Assuming that Oppy will succeed on her quest will the mission keep the same policy, of naming places after Endeavour's tour? If so, there may be some names in common with Victoria... unsure.gif
While we are ready to leave the port once more I remembered that we could start naming, internally, (in order to have catchier landmark references... rolleyes.gif ) these features, as they loom in the horizon, after the ship's crew.
We could follow the order presented here.
Let me just edit the image up there... rolleyes.gif


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- ustrax   Endeavour Crater   Sep 29 2008, 03:13 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 5 2008, 05:59 AM) QUO...   Oct 6 2008, 06:21 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 6 2008, 07:21 A...   Oct 6 2008, 07:34 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 6 2008, 02:34 AM) ...   Oct 7 2008, 05:09 AM
|- - SFJCody   Haven't seen these HiRISE views of the rim of ...   Oct 16 2008, 07:47 AM
- - Tesheiner   Could you post a link to the source images?   Oct 16 2008, 08:43 AM
- - djellison   It's not out yet - they were in Squyres' D...   Oct 16 2008, 08:46 AM
|- - ustrax   Feed us!   Oct 16 2008, 08:51 AM
- - djellison   It was only taken a week or so ago. I'm hopin...   Oct 16 2008, 09:37 AM
- - Tesheiner   So is this the long awaited image covering the rem...   Oct 16 2008, 10:39 AM
- - djellison   I think this one might be more centred on Endeavou...   Oct 16 2008, 12:28 PM
- - briv1016   I'm not sure if anyone has read Emily's Bl...   Oct 17 2008, 08:35 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (briv1016 @ Oct 17 2008, 09:35 PM) ...   Oct 17 2008, 09:06 PM
- - briv1016   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 17 2008, 05:06 PM)...   Oct 18 2008, 02:14 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Oct 16 2008, 02:47 AM) H...   Oct 18 2008, 05:08 AM
- - jekbradbury   The presentations still exist; the index page does...   Oct 18 2008, 01:59 PM
- - volcanopele   Is Endeavour located at 2.28S, 5.23W? In which ca...   Oct 21 2008, 06:01 AM
- - TheChemist   Yes.   Oct 21 2008, 07:48 AM
- - eoincampbell   Are we now waiting on HiRISE Endeavour Route and O...   Oct 28 2008, 04:10 AM
- - marswiggle   Using Google Earth (Mars), I was able to pinpoint ...   Feb 24 2009, 02:28 AM
- - Station   So, the difference between the lowest point and th...   Feb 24 2009, 07:45 AM
- - centsworth_II   Plugging numbers for side c and side b into this o...   Feb 24 2009, 08:55 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Feb 24 2009, 12:55...   Feb 24 2009, 05:05 PM
- - volcanopele   That's not too bad. Certainly hike-able witho...   Feb 24 2009, 09:09 AM
- - Station   11 deg only ? At first look the slope seems to be ...   Feb 24 2009, 09:30 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Station @ Feb 24 2009, 04:30 AM) 1...   Feb 24 2009, 09:45 AM
- - Oersted   Is that slope anywhere near where Oppy might arriv...   Feb 24 2009, 03:34 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   You can generate elevation and slope 3D maps with ...   Feb 24 2009, 04:31 PM
- - ilbasso   Does anyone still have their CRC log table books?   Feb 24 2009, 07:30 PM
- - PDP8E   I still have my Chemical Rubber Company (CRC) book...   Feb 24 2009, 09:02 PM
- - Floyd   Yes I still have it. Didn't even toss it out ...   Feb 24 2009, 09:09 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Ah, but is your trig table old enough to have vers...   Feb 25 2009, 12:52 AM
- - Floyd   Am I correct in that haversines were used extensiv...   Feb 25 2009, 01:03 AM
- - Enceladus75   I'm just wondering that as Oppy gradually appr...   Feb 25 2009, 01:41 AM
- - CosmicRocker   On sol 1797 Opportunity captured a series of panca...   Feb 25 2009, 05:54 AM
- - fredk   I agree that we may be at a lower elevation now th...   Feb 25 2009, 06:46 PM
- - BrianL   I'm waiting for the day we can look back and s...   Feb 25 2009, 06:51 PM
- - CosmicRocker   fredk: I didn't find the time to check Google...   Feb 26 2009, 05:47 AM
- - Tesheiner   You may also change some preference settings on GE...   Feb 26 2009, 07:19 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Here are the Endeavour hills as seen in today...   Mar 4 2009, 04:53 AM
- - Stu   Thanks Phil! Land Ho!!!!...   Mar 4 2009, 08:25 AM
|- - ustrax   Stu, I believe this is the one: http://qt.explorat...   Mar 4 2009, 09:18 AM
- - Stu   Obrigado, Rui!   Mar 4 2009, 09:38 AM
- - kenny   Twin Peaks or what?! Alluring, beckoning out ...   Mar 4 2009, 10:36 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (kenny @ Mar 4 2009, 10:36 AM) look...   Mar 4 2009, 01:01 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Rui is correct, except that I cropped it from all ...   Mar 4 2009, 11:51 AM
- - Stu   Thanks to Phil for giving me permission to use his...   Mar 4 2009, 01:22 PM
|- - ustrax   Stu, from your blog: "other people have sugge...   Mar 4 2009, 02:11 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 4 2009, 02:11 PM) Stu...   Mar 4 2009, 02:17 PM
- - jamescanvin   I'm with Rui on this one - If anything the ...   Mar 4 2009, 02:43 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Mar 4 2009, 02:43 PM...   Mar 4 2009, 02:47 PM
- - Floyd   The Rui linked image---What a shot, three craters ...   Mar 4 2009, 04:15 PM
|- - MahFL   I remember when Victoria crater was but a couple o...   Mar 4 2009, 04:27 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (MahFL @ Mar 4 2009, 04:27 PM) I re...   Mar 4 2009, 04:43 PM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (MahFL @ Mar 4 2009, 04:27 PM) Vict...   Mar 4 2009, 09:02 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I remember when we were trying to identify Erebus....   Mar 4 2009, 04:56 PM
|- - ustrax   Just playing with that latest pancam, probably jus...   Mar 4 2009, 05:34 PM
- - jamescanvin   Which pancam is that? Twin peaks and Cook are far ...   Mar 4 2009, 06:05 PM
- - Tesheiner   I assume those are from today's batch. In that...   Mar 4 2009, 06:59 PM
|- - ustrax   Nope, the image was the same Phil used. As I'v...   Mar 4 2009, 07:50 PM
- - fredk   It's great to see Endeavour on the horizon aga...   Mar 4 2009, 08:12 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (fredk @ Mar 4 2009, 08:12 PM) we c...   Mar 4 2009, 10:35 PM
- - marswiggle   Just a gentle reminder... those pancams already po...   Mar 4 2009, 11:23 PM
- - HughFromAlice   UMSF is becoming such a huge and comprehensive res...   Mar 5 2009, 04:24 AM
- - Oersted   This RAW really is one of the great ones we've...   Mar 5 2009, 02:31 PM
- - fredk   No better way to answer than to direct you back to...   Mar 5 2009, 03:13 PM
- - Oersted   Good, point, so 7, 700 and 22000 meters across...   Mar 6 2009, 12:03 AM
- - Floyd   Or log ratios of 2.0 & 1.49. Definitely betwe...   Mar 6 2009, 12:20 AM
- - Stu   The faraway Hills of Endeavour in colour...   Mar 15 2009, 02:21 PM
- - climber   I agree... the foreground is in colour It's...   Mar 15 2009, 06:13 PM
- - Stu   Tough crowd tonight, I was really pleased with tha...   Mar 15 2009, 06:35 PM
- - Geert   Does anybody have any idea what those black sedi...   Mar 16 2009, 02:43 AM
|- - Reckless   They look like sand dunes (a bit barcany) and dar...   Mar 16 2009, 10:27 AM
- - BrianL   Could be an abyss.   Mar 16 2009, 12:16 PM
|- - ustrax   Don't tempt me...   Mar 16 2009, 12:54 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Reckless is right, they are large barchan dunes, a...   Mar 16 2009, 01:21 PM
- - Juramike   Their location might be related to a changing wind...   Mar 16 2009, 02:57 PM
|- - Geert   QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 16 2009, 09:57 PM) ...   Mar 16 2009, 04:22 PM
- - Shaka   The winds prevailing through this area in recent y...   Mar 16 2009, 09:33 PM
|- - Geert   QUOTE (Shaka @ Mar 17 2009, 04:33 AM) The...   Mar 17 2009, 11:20 AM
- - Sunspot   Isn't Endeavour Crater a bit of an optimistic ...   Mar 16 2009, 09:59 PM
- - ngunn   Yes, but not the first. Life's just one optimi...   Mar 16 2009, 10:13 PM
- - BrianL   It was always an optimistic destination. That does...   Mar 16 2009, 11:22 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (BrianL @ Mar 16 2009, 03:22 PM) It...   Mar 16 2009, 11:42 PM
- - Juramike   Another possibility is that medium-strength winds ...   Mar 17 2009, 01:27 PM
- - remcook   mmm those black pixels look really black and contr...   Mar 18 2009, 08:19 AM
|- - paxdan   I'd say they were saturated pixels and the sof...   Mar 18 2009, 12:01 PM
|- - Geert   QUOTE (paxdan @ Mar 18 2009, 07:01 PM) I...   Mar 18 2009, 04:21 PM
- - pgrindrod   hi Geert, it looks like a saturation effect to me...   Mar 18 2009, 04:50 PM
|- - Geert   QUOTE (pgrindrod @ Mar 19 2009, 12:50 AM)...   Mar 18 2009, 05:29 PM
- - Phil Stooke   ... and for more on those big dark dunes check thi...   Mar 18 2009, 07:49 PM
|- - Juramike   Thanks Phil! BTW, clicking on the large versi...   Mar 18 2009, 08:09 PM
- - fredk   In the latest press release, it is stated: QUOTE O...   Mar 19 2009, 03:57 AM
- - mhoward   Not to mention the many views well before Victoria...   Mar 19 2009, 04:13 AM
- - Stu   True, some of us did forget, but the big differenc...   Mar 19 2009, 07:51 AM
- - jamescanvin   Well Stu, I would argue that as we left Victoria w...   Mar 19 2009, 08:30 AM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Mar 19 2009, 01:30 A...   Mar 19 2009, 02:00 PM
- - Stu   Fair enough. Definitely having a "Jeez, wish ...   Mar 19 2009, 08:50 AM
- - Geert   Is this a single large stone on the SSW wall of ...   Mar 19 2009, 02:16 PM
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