Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 4: Beyond the Kimberley, Sol 634 [May 19, '14] to 706 [Jul 31, '14] |
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Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 4: Beyond the Kimberley, Sol 634 [May 19, '14] to 706 [Jul 31, '14] |
 Jun 5 2014, 04:06 PM
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... and a circular reprojection of that full panorama! Thanks, Dig.
Phil
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Jun 5 2014, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1074 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
Sol 646 mastcam 100 complete:
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Jun 5 2014, 09:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
Color-version (ML/MR) of parts of the Sol 647 rock, as x-eyed, and as anaglyph:
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Jun 6 2014, 12:05 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
There is a very prominent mesa at the west end of the visible flank of Mt. Sharp, some distance beyond the current target area. I found what I think are the first and latest MastCam-100 images of it to see how much our view had changed. Not as much as I expected really! - partly because we are driving directly towards it, partly because it is beyond our goal so we are not all that much closer to it, proportionally. It did make me think that there would be some other interesting comparisons to make like this.
Phil
-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jun 6 2014, 12:09 AM
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 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Cool comparison, and I'm surprised how little it's changed, too! I wish we had some names for these prominent features. I asked Grotzinger the other day if they had a name for the valley with the inverted channel in it, and he said no but "we really oughtta name that." I'll see if I can give them a gentle nudge from time to time.
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Jun 6 2014, 03:01 AM
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QUOTE (xflare @ Jun 4 2014, 03:37 PM)  oh my! conglomerates everywhere!! And some nicely eroded ones.
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Jun 6 2014, 01:07 PM
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Ah, but is it a deposit of conglomerates, or of breccia? They look rather similar, and each has about an equal chance of showing up here in Gale.
-the other Doug (with my shield, not yet upon it) -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jun 6 2014, 02:21 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 5 2014, 08:09 PM) I asked Grotzinger the other day if they had a name for the valley with the inverted channel in it, and he said no but "we really oughtta name that." Could you or anyone else point out a few prominent features as reference points in both orbital and panorama images? It is hard to match features up when I don't have a good scale. I'm thinking primarily of that mesa, and Murray Buttes - It would be very helpful for looking ahead at the slope. Short drive on Sol 551, here are the anaglyph pan albums http://imgur.com/a/Pbr51 And stretched http://imgur.com/a/gxPhn |
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Jun 6 2014, 04:57 PM
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QUOTE (anticitizen2 @ Jun 6 2014, 09:21 AM) Could you or anyone else point out a few prominent features as reference points in both orbital and panorama images?... Back in October 2013, I made an attempt. I re-post it in hopes that those more qualified might improve upon it. The red dot is the proposed entry point to Mount Sharp, the green circle is just what looked to me like a prominent feature in the right direction. The purple line, the lower flank of Mount Sharp. The images were taken from: http://curiosityrover.com/imgpoint.php?nam...49001000E1_DXXX
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Jun 6 2014, 05:57 PM
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That identification agrees with Emily's from 2012, where she also identifies several other features:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=192344 |
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Jun 6 2014, 07:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2817 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
The Mastcam L view on Sol 647.
Jan van Driel
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Jun 6 2014, 09:01 PM
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Sol 651. Right Navcam
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Jun 6 2014, 09:34 PM
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Sol 657 MastCam L mosaic ( with a tiny image from a few dozens sols earlier to patch a tiny gap on the Mt Sharp skyline )
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/156227 |
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Jun 7 2014, 12:44 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Dig's pan in circular format.
Phil
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Jun 7 2014, 06:14 AM
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I'm a little surprised that no one has commented on the MARDI drive video yet.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/ra...mp;camera=MARDI Yes, we know it's overexposed.  -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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