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 Dec 16 2005, 05:35 PM
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Spirit has arrived at Comanche
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Dec 16 2005, 06:29 PM
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    I wonder if we'll complete the approach this weekend. Anybody know yet? |
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Dec 16 2005, 07:17 PM
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I'm looking at Comanche as being a preview of Homeplate/FirstBase. It seems to me that the light-colored pavement-forming unit is the same as Homeplate and the reddish Comanche is the same as the cap-forming unit of FirstBase. Remember that one of the maps of the Inner Basin early in the mission had zones of "layered deposits" identified.
We'll know soon. --Bill -------------------- |
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 Dec 16 2005, 10:45 PM
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What a view!
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Dec 16 2005, 11:33 PM
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QUOTE (dilo @ Dec 16 2005, 10:45 PM) What a view!  Yes, that's maybe the most scenic vista I've seen from Spirit (Larry's Lookout came close). Ansel Adams would approve. |
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Dec 16 2005, 11:43 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 16-December 05 From: Norway Member No.: 610 |
Hi... a newbie here...
This is an another amazing image. The Comanche outcrop rise up in front of us as a giant monument, to show us via the great explorer Spirit what this terrain had to offer. In the background, the inspiring El Dorado aka Ultreya. |
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Dec 17 2005, 12:30 AM
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Wait a minute... what's that over there between the outcrops?!?!?
 Does this mean Spirit will be making gunpowder with the RAT? Seriously, MOST awesome - I even like it better that the top of the hill shot in some ways. Can't wait to get home and try the 3D glasses! edit- doh - meant to post this over here, sorry. Doesn't make as much sense in this thread.  NIX, dilo, mhoward, et alii - great work -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Dec 17 2005, 01:39 AM
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-------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
http://500px.com/sacred-photons & |
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Dec 17 2005, 03:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Wondrous! Thwack it with the IDD ASAP. I see fine laminations... sedimentary or clastic?
As I've mentioned I think we'll find that many of these "layered outcrops" are on the same page, stratigraphically. I've taken the Sol 671-675 panorama by mhoward, leveled the horizon and drew what what I presume to be be horizontal lines between outcrops. It seems that these outcrops are at the same elevation. FWIW, I might be in left field or up the creek since it's difficult to eyeball "level". --Bill -------------------- |
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Dec 17 2005, 09:46 AM
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Wow! Look at the texture of this thing! Almost like a coarse sandstone or something.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...E1P2421L2M1.JPG |
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Dec 17 2005, 11:42 AM
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Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
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Dec 17 2005, 11:55 AM
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Heh...Nix posted a version of the Comanche pic while I was assembling one, and two others....
I ran extra edge sharpening on that pic, so I brought out too much of the @#$@ CCD texture. The other two pics are from two days ago. 2P187706697EFFAJ2EP2416L2M1_25.jpg is misc rocks in the vicinity of the last stop. It's a band 2 and 5 composite, band 7 was too much missing to fiddle with. Part of the band 5 frame <lower right> was missing, so I copied it from the band 2 frame and matched brightnesses. There's no color there, but it's cosmetically acceptible rather than a giant magenta or other colored patch. 2P187619161EFFAJY0P2575L2M1_257.jpg is the rat-brushed target on the last outcrop. *STRANGE* texture on that rock.
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Dec 17 2005, 01:58 PM
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Sol694 detail (3 PanCam R2 shots):
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Dec 17 2005, 02:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
QUOTE (alan @ Dec 16 2005, 05:35 PM) Spirit has arrived at Comanche WOW, that is beautiful all around. Great idea for a seperate thread Marco, please add that frame to the right Nico, can you please make an anaglyph from Alan/Dilo pan and a bit brighter please These have a story to tell for presentations. Steve showed a slide of the approach to Comanche at the Hayden this week. |
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Dec 18 2005, 02:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
These images will thrill and captivate you.
From the most recent Pancam imagery from Exploratorium, pair of x-eyed stereo pairs of Comanche. One is full-frame, the other is cropped. --Bill -------------------- |
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Spirit, show us what this basin is made of! 
