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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
- - climber   Can I give my input? I was last week climbing in t...   Jun 30 2009, 03:59 PM
|- - SpaceListener   Nice picture, It is evident, the snow is already m...   Jun 30 2009, 09:01 PM
- - climber   I don't want to continue OT but this is not on...   Jun 30 2009, 09:19 PM
|- - maxpett   Looks like clays ahead. http://www.spaceflightnow...   Jul 20 2009, 10:48 AM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (maxpett @ Jul 20 2009, 04:48 AM) L...   Jul 20 2009, 04:49 PM
|- - BuckGalaxy   QUOTE (maxpett @ Jul 20 2009, 02:48 AM) L...   Aug 27 2009, 09:44 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   Well, Oppy may be a little turtle, but after rovin...   Jul 20 2009, 01:47 PM
|- - SFJCody   Woohoo! Don't want to say I told you so,...   Jul 20 2009, 02:15 PM
- - nprev   Hmm. I wonder if this will have an immediate effec...   Jul 20 2009, 09:49 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 20 2009, 10:49 PM) is ...   Jul 20 2009, 10:23 PM
- - Astro0   The distant horizon in x5vertical exaggeration. So...   Aug 30 2009, 01:58 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Very nice image! Thanks. Phil   Aug 30 2009, 02:36 PM
- - MarsIsImportant   Wow! Even though I know it is a vertical exagg...   Aug 31 2009, 12:43 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (MarsIsImportant @ Aug 31 2009, 02...   Aug 31 2009, 07:47 AM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (Nirgal @ Aug 31 2009, 01:47 AM) An...   Aug 31 2009, 12:32 PM
- - BuckGalaxy   I hear you! I'm more excited about Oppy t...   Aug 31 2009, 04:32 AM
- - Astro0   The horizon pan...no stretch. If someone wants to ...   Aug 31 2009, 12:29 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Aug 31 2009, 01:29 PM) If...   Aug 31 2009, 02:49 PM
- - fredk   Thanks a lot for that Astro and James. This will ...   Aug 31 2009, 03:40 PM
- - Stu   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Aug 31 2009, 03:49 P...   Aug 31 2009, 03:44 PM
|- - ustrax   Couldn't agree more with you Stu but the quest...   Aug 31 2009, 04:36 PM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (ustrax @ Aug 31 2009, 06:36 PM) ar...   Aug 31 2009, 07:59 PM
- - Robert S   And off we go! I hope Oppy will reach Endeavou...   Sep 25 2009, 01:45 PM
- - HughFromAlice   QUOTE (Robert S @ Sep 25 2009, 11:15 PM) ...   Sep 26 2009, 11:00 PM
- - Robert S   QUOTE (HughFromAlice @ Sep 27 2009, 01:00...   Sep 28 2009, 05:07 PM
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