Exploring Mt Sharp - The Dunes - Part 1: Bagnold Dunes, Site 51-53, Sol 1172-1273, November 24, 2015-March 6, 2016 |
Exploring Mt Sharp - The Dunes - Part 1: Bagnold Dunes, Site 51-53, Sol 1172-1273, November 24, 2015-March 6, 2016 |
Feb 29 2016, 08:19 PM
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Mar 1 2016, 06:26 PM
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First half of NAVCAM travel animation for Sol 1262 is 40 frames.
Here's a small preview of the left NAVCAM's view: And here is the full-size (512x256) stereo pair animation for Parallel and Cross-Eye viewing. The second half of Sol 1262 travel is captured in 4 different NAVCAM angles and 1 front HAZCAM angle simultaneously. Here are small, left camera previews: And here are the full-size (512x256) stereo pair animations for Parallel (N1, N2, N3, N4, FH) and Cross-Eye (N1, N2, N3, N4, FH) viewing. |
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Mar 2 2016, 05:45 AM
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Curiosity Mission Update from Lauren Edgar - Sols 1269-1270: Approaching Naukluft Plateau:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/astrogeology/sols-1269-1270-approaching-naukluft-plateau Here is Monday’s blog post (can we blame the delay on leap day?). Curiosity is currently making her way toward the Naukluft Plateau, and Monday’s plan was full of driving and remote sensing. On the first sol, Curiosity will acquire ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the target “Swartpunt.” Then we’ll drive toward the Naukluft Plateau, and acquire post-drive imaging to prepare for future targeting and document the Murray formation along the way. The second sol includes a number of ChemCam calibration activities, and a Navcam movie to monitor the atmosphere above Mount Sharp. We’ll also acquire a large Mastcam mosaic to study the stratigraphy exposed on the east side of the Naukluft Plateau. I’ve been working MER operations this week, so it’s been fun to check in and see what’s happening on the other side of the planet! |
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Mar 2 2016, 08:45 AM
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Mar 2 2016, 05:39 PM
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Mar 2 2016, 11:14 PM
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Great work Sean Here's my attempt at the 1269 pano, MS ICE was in a slightly better mood today
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Mar 3 2016, 03:30 AM
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Thanks Paul.
Here is a postcard for Sol 1269 from Navcam right... Full fat 4876x2175 on Flickr I took the usual liberties, exposure blending, extended sky and additions from Sol 1267 for the missing pieces. -------------------- |
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Mar 3 2016, 04:44 AM
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Here is an extended sky version of the edge of Naukluft plateau by Mastcam right on Sol 1267...
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Mar 3 2016, 05:15 AM
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Here is an extended sky version of the edge of Naukluft plateau by Mastcam right on Sol 1267. If I was a gambler, I might wager that it will be a while before they take the rover up onto the plateau, looks like a few nice spots that may be calling for a closer look Nice work with the sky Sean, these extensions really help to frame the image |
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Mar 3 2016, 10:32 AM
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Lots of gypsum veins. Maybe a good place for space entrepreneurs to set up a wallboard or cement factory
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Mar 3 2016, 01:09 PM
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Mar 3 2016, 08:12 PM
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Here's the full Naukluft Plateau pan:
Naukluft Plateau - Sol 1267 by Justin Cowart, on Flickr Full (88mb) mosaic can be found here. The two things that immediately stood out to me were the extensive network of veins at the center of the pan, and a wedge of blue-green rubble between visible horizons of the Murray and Stimson units. The first one looks similar to the network of veins observed around the Garden City area last year, which suggests that the Murray formation was fractured under high pore fluid pressures. The wedge kind of reminds me of paleosol (ancient soil) that develops and is sometimes preserved on top of erosional contacts. It's a pretty neat outcrop area! |
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Mar 4 2016, 07:05 PM
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Mar 4 2016, 07:47 PM
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Yeah, I was looking at those and came to the same conclusions. All the bright noisy pixels also indicate a long, nighttime exposure. The dust cover is on, which is why it looks orange. They are now keeping the dust cover on for weekend plans, because if there were to be an arm anomaly at the start of a weekend plan that left the dust cover open, they'd have to scramble engineers to come in on the weekend to close it. Accepting using the dust cover over the weekend is one of the things they did to reduce the cost of operations in the extended mission.
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Mar 4 2016, 11:23 PM
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Could they have been using the MAHLI LED's? You don't have to guess, it says right on the page if the LEDs are used. E.g., http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?r...DXXX&s=1272 "When Curiosity acquired this image, the group 1 white light LEDs were on, the group 2 white light LEDs were on, and the ultraviolet (UV) LEDS were off." The same page gives the motor count from which you can determine the cover state. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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