Beyond Lewis and Clark Gap, Sol 4482- (September 2, 2016-) Options

[James Sorenson]

With a drive of just over a meter, that marked the end of acquiring frames for the "Rocheport" Panorama.



False Color version:

[Ant103]

This Rocheport panoramic is a mess, so I gave up on the stitching work. You did good James

The last Navcam panoramic updated with some Navcam imagery of Sol 4653. And yes, I was wondering if this is a dust event we are seeing on the horizon on the right part of the pano.

[fredk]

From the new PS update:

In one of the Navcam panoramas we can actually see [the storm] in the distance,” said Callas. “This is the first time we've actually seen one of these dust storms from the ground.

I'm surprized by this comment - usually all we see is an increase in tau and I would have guessed that a storm edge would be gradual. I guess he must be referring to the large 4653 gust we talked about. I don't know how easy it is to define the edge of a local storm - maybe it would have various gusts forming and disipating. But it certainly was true that this was one huge gust.

Also from Nelson:

the dust factor... dropp[ed] from around 0.92 on Sol 4654 to 0.84 on Sol 4655 (February 26, 1017).

Needless to say 0.92 is pretty much pristine. Of course now as dust settles that will rise.

[fredk]

Nice to have a change of scenery! This is the first time we've seen Iazu in a while. Even with the high tau you can make it out on the left side of this frame:
http://merpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/oss/merb...D1P2364R2M_.JPG

[Ant103]

Very nice scenery there, with a two-Sols Navcam panoramic, on Sols 4660 & 4661 :

[vikingmars]

And here is a spectacular view of the rim in 3-D. Enjoy

[Explorer1]

Marvellous.... that's why we all come to this forum after a decade....

[Phil Stooke]

Circular version of Damia's panorama.

Phil



(should really be rotated a bit counterclockwise to put north at the top)

[James Sorenson]

Wonderful guys!

My jab at the vista.



Link to multiple resolutions:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/...0418175/sizes/l

[vikingmars]

As a TPS Member, I hope that the rover team will make a quick stop at the highest peak nearby to have a spectacular 360° global view of the horizon to help our EPO activities on Earth

[ngunn]

I hope so too, although most or all of the horizon features more distant than Iazu are likely to be obscured by dust.

[James Sorenson]

I hope so to, but I find doing a full 360 color panorama is pretty slim to none given Oppy's flash situation and would take roughly a month to do in current RAM mode. That's a whole month of sitting still when she could be driving and a month closer to the gully. I do hope a smaller color pan is taken somewhere along the way, like at the point you suggested.

[vikingmars]

I hope so to, but I find doing a full 360 color panorama is pretty slim to none given Oppy's flash situation and would take roughly a month to do in current RAM mode. That's a whole month of sitting still when she could be driving and a month closer to the gully. I do hope a smaller color pan is taken somewhere along the way, like at the point you suggested.

Thanks James : I was just thinking about a quick 360° NavCam pan,
like the one taken at Sol 3894 when the rover reached the summit of Cape Tribulation
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity_n3894.html

plus (if possible) a L7 (blue) or L1 (clear) pan looking at the horizon only (like the ones taken at Sols 3902 and 4662)
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity_p3902.html
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity_p4662.html
not only for EPO, but also for documentation purposes (pics that maybe interesting to revisit for science and geological setting in the future)

[atomoid]

Brief update to Crumpler's page for sol4662 describing the path over the rim and those dusty gusts. I had to slap myself (yet again): "..14th year of operations..."

[RoverDriver]

OMG (Oh My Gully!) One would think that by this time I had seen it all. One would think.

Paolo