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Live Dust Devil? |
 Mar 10 2005, 11:17 PM
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Rover Driver  Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 2-May 04 From: Litchfield Park, Arizona (Phoenix area) Member No.: 71  |
Man, this looks an awful lot like a dust devil in the distance. What do you think?
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Mar 10 2005, 11:21 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
At LAST - they've actually GOT one
 Nice find  Here - have a mars bar Doug |
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Mar 10 2005, 11:25 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 2-May 04 From: Litchfield Park, Arizona (Phoenix area) Member No.: 71 |
Crunch
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Mar 10 2005, 11:43 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 468 Joined: 11-February 04 From: USA Member No.: 21 |
Heh, I was just starting a new topic for this one, but ya'll beat me to it.
A navcam from Spirit's Sol 421 shows a bright, conical feature rising from the plains west of the Columbia Hills. It appears to be in the same position from both L and R eyes. There is a bright strip on the ground extending north from its current position. Here is a 2 frame animation comparing brightness enhanced left navcam images sol 421 to 420: http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/collections/S..._420_navcam.gif Since it was afternoon, the sun is to the west, so this may be a camera effect from looking in the direction of the sun although it would have to be a very strangely shaped one to account for these features. Sol 421 Navcam, left eye Sol 421 Navcam, right eye Sol 420 Navcam, left eye |
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Mar 11 2005, 12:04 AM
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Something in thisone too?
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Mar 11 2005, 12:20 AM
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it seems to extend in to the atmosphere:
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Mar 11 2005, 12:21 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Is this one too? Taken just slightly earlier.
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/...90P0775L0M1.JPG http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/...90P0775R0M1.JPG In the anaglyph of the first one you can see it's out in the middle of the plain; if it's a camera trick it's a heck of a good one! There have been some interesting shots of the sky recently that suggested to me at least that a lot of dust is getting kicked up. And of course we had our incident with the forward hazcams... Edit: Sunspot beat me to it.
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Mar 11 2005, 12:36 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
What we need is one to come OVER HERE.....HELLOOO....YES YOU....GOT SOME NICE DIRTY SOLAR ARRAYS FOR YOU
Likes buses - you wait 14 months then 2 come along at once - is it likely to be the same one photographed twice that far apart in only 80-something seconds? Theres a couple of km between the two locations, and MOC has often captured two or more devils in one image from orbit. Doug |
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Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM
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 The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 10 2005, 05:36 PM) What we need is one to come OVER HERE.....HELLOOO....YES YOU....GOT SOME NICE DIRTY SOLAR ARRAYS FOR YOU omg... Looks like the dust devil actually heard you ...  700+ W/Hr!!!  
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Mar 11 2005, 12:56 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
You're joking.
are you? Actually - looking at the 'darkness' of the cells on those navcam images, I dont think you are! Doug |
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Mar 11 2005, 12:58 AM
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The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 10 2005, 05:56 PM) You're joking. are you? Doug No! 
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Mar 11 2005, 01:02 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
wooOOoooowoooOOoooowaooowooo AT THE CAR WASH......
I've just wrapped up the biggest chunk of a huge animation project at work which I've had to do on my own that's involved a LOT of late nights and the client loves it - then Spirit spots a Dust Devil. Then another one. THE gets a doubling in power budget Today = good day. Doug |
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Mar 11 2005, 01:03 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
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Mar 11 2005, 01:10 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (Pando @ Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM) 700+ W/Hr!!! Fantastic, that has got to be the best news of the year so far!! J -------------------- |
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Mar 11 2005, 01:19 AM
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 Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4405 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
I hereby withdraw my prognosis that Spirit's days are numbered.
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