MSL Post First Drive - Intermission, Start of Drive to Glenelg, Intermission between CAP 1B and 2 - Sols 17 through 29 |
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MSL Post First Drive - Intermission, Start of Drive to Glenelg, Intermission between CAP 1B and 2 - Sols 17 through 29 |
 Aug 23 2012, 02:39 PM
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Curiosity's Cap 1B phase was completed yesterday with the successful first drive, so now we're going into "Intermission." Dan Limonadi's guest post on the Society blog has great explanations of what all these phases mean.
QUOTE There is an “intermission” that the science team will have between CAP 1B and CAP 2. The intermission will include initial drives away from the landing site, more in-depth ChemCam and Mastcam characterization and science observations, and the first SAM atmospheric science experiment. The total length of this period depends on how long the science team wants to drive before carrying on with sample chain checkout activities. The key flavor difference of intermission is that science is more in the driver’s seat and not trying to squeeze in between higher priority engineering checkout activities that have priority during CAP 1 and 2. Our current plan is to complete a significant fraction of our drive to Glenelg during intermission Keep discussion of sol 9-16 imaging in the relevant thread -- not all of those full-frame Mastcam images are down yet.
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Aug 23 2012, 08:03 PM
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First sol 17 Navcam thumbnails are up on the raws page -- more views of Mt Sharp.
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Aug 24 2012, 07:40 PM
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Could someone please de-Bayer this:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...2000C0_DXXX.jpg And pass the swear jar! 
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Aug 24 2012, 07:53 PM
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With pleasure
  And with a bit more levels :  The details are I have no words for now 
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Aug 24 2012, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 24 2012, 12:40 PM)  Could someone please de-Bayer this: Here's my attempt at debayering. I cooked it pretty hard to see how much detail I could get out. The patches of green and purple are not real, those come from JPEG artifacts in the source images.
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Aug 24 2012, 08:07 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Looks like a vintage postcard
Really stunning.Look at the little sand drifts in the near horizon on this one! http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...3000C0_DXXX.jpg -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Aug 24 2012, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Yes Emily. And I'm wondering if Curiosity's team is planning to open an Instagram account to the rover
.This view, in color : 
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Aug 24 2012, 08:27 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10150 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
These are amazing pictures... Fred B - absolutely stunning! It's going to be incredible driving around that topography.
But first - Glenelg. I hope we'll see another drive soon. I will be posting route maps from time to time, but not after every drive. In particular I'm not able to do so from Aug. 31st to Sept. 16th, but look for something after that. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 24 2012, 08:28 PM
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Wow, I think we can see there is nothing wrong with the focus of Mastcam100. Those lossless frames are really something, too bad they are not released losslessly.
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Aug 24 2012, 11:34 PM
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QUOTE (Fred B @ Aug 24 2012, 12:54 PM) I cooked it pretty hard...  Lovely description, brilliant results!
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Aug 25 2012, 07:18 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10150 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
A drive was planned for 23rd but postponed (Paolo via Twitter) - maybe tosol?
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 25 2012, 10:36 AM
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Hi to everybody,
This is my first try at converting the color information on the right MastCam images. Altough is not as good as I would like (don't know if it's due to JPEG compression or because I don't know how to do it better) it clearly shows the color of the soil and the rocks. The ventifacts are pretty nice 
Comments and advice are welcome! Greetings! |
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Aug 25 2012, 10:59 AM
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That looks like the best yet!
So what is the deal with the bayered images? Some mastcam images are de-bayered on Mars (or back home) and some are not? The algorithm for Mars scenes should be easy--just assume a shade of red & you're good. Sure would be nice if Adobe Lightroom had a "MASTCAM RAW" plugin. Of course, jpegging them beforehand is sub-optimal. -------------------- |
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Aug 25 2012, 11:53 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 24 2012, 11:18 PM) A drive was planned for 23rd but postponed (Paolo via Twitter) - maybe tosol? Phil Sol 21, but things might change (again). Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Aug 25 2012, 11:56 AM
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QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 25 2012, 12:59 PM) So what is the deal with the bayered images? The ones that are returned in original, Bayered form are lossless which is A Good Thing. -------------------- |
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