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post Jan 21 2007, 07:37 PM
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This is three of the 9 L4/R1 pairs shot just before sunrise on sol 1063.

I tried a number of processing tricks, but didn't see a hint of McNaught. Looks like the 12 bit data will be required -- if in fact the 2665 observation was an attempt to image the comet.
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post Jan 22 2007, 12:53 AM
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Yeah, I can see nothing in Spirit's attempt as well. Lost in the dusty haze of twilight. But the good news is McNaught's elongation from the sun is increasing rapidly now (for Mars too) and if it doesn't dim too rapidly and if the rover team decides so, we may get another chance.
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post Jan 22 2007, 09:03 AM
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Oppy drove again on sol 1064 (navcams, pancams).

It was a very short drive (~4m) northwards and looks like it was prematurely aborted. unsure.gif
Both the navcam and pancam mosaics which are taken *after* the drive is finished are centered at 126º but if you look the pancams there is obviously no further driving path on that direction. My opinion is that the initial plan was to drive by the bay and stop right at Cape Desire.

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post Jan 22 2007, 08:14 PM
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Hmmm. I'd expected that they'd make a close inspection of 'the Dock'. My assumption was that it is there because of slippage into the crater, and there might well be some interesting strata there.
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post Jan 22 2007, 08:23 PM
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QUOTE (antoniseb @ Jan 22 2007, 02:14 PM) *
Hmmm. I'd expected that they'd make a close inspection of 'the Dock'. My assumption was that it is there because of slippage into the crater, and there might well be some interesting strata there.


I expected the same thing; if the "dock" is exposed from slumpage, then it's mostly unaltered from the impact and would be an easy first sample of upper layer rock that we can be sure wasn't part of the debris apron.

I wonder if the drive aborted because Oppy got nervous so near the edge? ohmy.gif
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post Jan 22 2007, 08:38 PM
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I wouldn't rule out the dock yet. It could be the next target after Cape Desire.
Let's see what happens (tomorrow?).
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post Jan 22 2007, 08:49 PM
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Here is the panoramic view from Sol 1064.

Taken with the L0 Navcam.

Great driving. Very close to the rim.

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post Jan 23 2007, 03:30 AM
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Look at this jutting rock! I hadn't noticed it in the Navcam. Wonderful!
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post Jan 23 2007, 06:22 AM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 22 2007, 02:38 PM) *
I wouldn't rule out the dock yet. It could be the next target after Cape Desire.
Let's see what happens (tomorrow?).
I hope you are right, Tesheiner. If Opportunity does not actually visit the outcrop, I would really like to see some Pancams in its direction at the closest approach. I hate to go out on a limb like this, but that outcrop really looks much like the other ejecta we've seen.


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post Jan 23 2007, 08:50 AM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 23 2007, 04:30 AM) *
Look at this jutting rock! I hadn't noticed it in the Navcam. Wonderful!

Probably one of the most unweathered rocks lie...inside


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post Jan 23 2007, 12:01 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 22 2007, 09:03 AM) *
Oppy drove again on sol 1064


Tesheiner, could you point me out where are these?:

"Sol 1062 (Jan. 18, 2007): Opportunity acquired panoramic camera images of a rock outcrop known as "Guam," exposed on the plains above the rim of Victoria Crater. The camera also photographed cobbles "Gallego," "Vasco" and "Gomes" along the rim. Opportunity acquired miniature thermal emission spectrometer data on Gallego, the soil next to Gallego, and Vasco. Plans called for Opportunity to take snapshots of comet McNaught the next morning."

That was one of the survivors, the Portuguese Vasco Gomes Gallego.
I REALLY want to see where does a seaman memory lays on Mars... smile.gif


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post Jan 23 2007, 01:16 PM
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The images were not yet downlinked, only the tiny thumbnails.
Anyway, it's enough to identify those cobbles on the navcam mosaic for sol 1061. Here you have it.

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post Jan 23 2007, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 23 2007, 01:16 PM) *
ohmy.gif again (see http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ic=3792&hl=
If we once have a real-life UMSF BBQ you buy all beer laugh.gif


Thanks Tesheiner! smile.gif
According to Bergreen this man was Victoria's pilot...
I just love this kind of fusion between History and actual Exploration... rolleyes.gif


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QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jan 23 2007, 07:22 AM) *
I hope you are right, Tesheiner. If Opportunity does not actually visit the outcrop, I would really like to see some Pancams in its direction at the closest approach. I hate to go out on a limb like this, but that outcrop really looks much like the other ejecta we've seen.


Here you have the answer, Tom. biggrin.gif
Fresh images from sol 1066: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...cam/2007-01-23/

And a navcam mosaic (3x1). The dock is on the first frame.
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post Jan 23 2007, 04:55 PM
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Is there a drive issue with Opportunity?


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