Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York

Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point'

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ElkGroveDan

Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM

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Starting a new topic to include Eduardo's Google overlay for the rest of the journey to Cape York:

http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/gmars_ma...41_1775_RED.kml

Follow the link above and it should load right in to your Google Mars features.

I took a low crow's flight along the final 6km this morning. Below in green is what I think the final route will look like. Also an interesting feature along the way that appears to be a cluster of rocks, possibly Santa Maria ejecta, or large meteorite fragments. Note how the dune has evolved around the three (or more) objects. Object is at -2.199395°, -5.396676° -- roughly 3km down range from Santa Maria.

EDIT: bad link replaced, wider context image added for three rocks.

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ElkGroveDan Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM

john_s It's hard to tell from this distance whether t... Aug 9 2011, 02:10 PM

Julius QUOTE (john_s @ Aug 9 2011, 03:10 PM) It... Aug 9 2011, 02:24 PM

Stu Never bet against a Mars rover, or the amazing peo... Aug 9 2011, 02:29 PM

centsworth_II Now that Opportunity is back in full science mode ... Aug 9 2011, 02:57 PM

Julius Whats the record for the russian rover on the moon... Aug 9 2011, 03:03 PM

MoreInput QUOTE (Julius @ Aug 9 2011, 05:03 PM) Wha... Aug 9 2011, 04:33 PM

JayB <out of my league warning> is it possible th... Aug 9 2011, 03:05 PM

john_s In a word, no. The mound is much too big relative... Aug 9 2011, 03:36 PM

Julius I'm curious to see crism data of the interior ... Aug 9 2011, 04:12 PM

jvandriel Thanks for the comments on the colorization of pa... Aug 9 2011, 04:27 PM

Toma B QUOTE (jvandriel @ Aug 9 2011, 06:27 PM) ... Aug 9 2011, 04:46 PM

djellison QUOTE (jvandriel @ Aug 9 2011, 08:27 AM) ... Aug 9 2011, 05:14 PM

Pertinax QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 9 2011, 01:14 PM) ... Aug 9 2011, 06:16 PM

djellison I like artistic imagery - hell, I was part of maki... Aug 9 2011, 07:31 PM

Pertinax On a happier note, I was looking some of the CRISM... Aug 9 2011, 07:36 PM

MoreInput It seems that the phyllosilicates of Cape Trib are... Aug 9 2011, 07:47 PM

djellison QUOTE (MoreInput @ Aug 9 2011, 12:47 PM) ... Aug 9 2011, 07:50 PM

Pertinax I am fairly sure at Victoria we saw slopes of 25 d... Aug 9 2011, 08:03 PM

BrianL QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 9 2011, 01:50 PM) ... Aug 10 2011, 01:04 AM

MahFL They have already decided to risk climbing, they w... Aug 10 2011, 01:41 AM

centsworth_II Hopefully there are lots of places where Opportuni... Aug 9 2011, 09:03 PM

Julius Is there crism data of the central mound and surro... Aug 9 2011, 09:25 PM

Matt Lenda QUOTE (Julius @ Aug 9 2011, 02:25 PM) Wha... Aug 10 2011, 03:52 AM

PDP8E Thanks to all for the images! I have been look... Aug 10 2011, 01:46 AM

mhoward Looks like no new images yet. (Well maybe some thu... Aug 10 2011, 01:47 AM

Juramike Taking the stretched version of the pan by Mike Ho... Aug 10 2011, 02:04 AM

MarkG I'm wondering if the circumferential "zon... Aug 10 2011, 02:06 AM

john_s Nice composite! I'm hoping that those big... Aug 10 2011, 02:10 AM

serpens QUOTE (john_s @ Aug 10 2011, 03:10 AM) I... Aug 10 2011, 03:06 AM

Steve G Magnificent view! What an amazing experience ... Aug 10 2011, 02:51 AM

jamescanvin Moved a couple of posts to the Cape York thread. W... Aug 10 2011, 11:51 AM

AndyG ...Or is it a mini-graben from the movement of the... Aug 11 2011, 07:00 PM

Ant103 QUOTE (walfy @ Aug 11 2011, 08:08 PM) ... Aug 11 2011, 07:08 PM

neo56 QUOTE (Ant103 @ Aug 11 2011, 08:08 PM) An... Aug 11 2011, 08:31 PM

ugordan QUOTE (neo56 @ Aug 11 2011, 10:31 PM) Bea... Aug 11 2011, 09:32 PM

kenny I don't think I have ever said WOW on this for... Aug 11 2011, 08:16 PM

Oersted To me it looks bone dry and not like a rivulet at ... Aug 11 2011, 08:28 PM

kenny QUOTE (Oersted @ Aug 11 2011, 09:28 PM) T... Aug 11 2011, 08:43 PM

centsworth_II To me, that feature along the right side of Gibral... Aug 11 2011, 08:52 PM

Sunspot Most of the blueberries seem to have holes in them... Aug 11 2011, 09:25 PM

Eutectic QUOTE (Sunspot @ Aug 11 2011, 03:25 PM) M... Aug 12 2011, 04:14 AM

stewjack RE: Gibralter Going just from casual memory, and n... Aug 11 2011, 11:53 PM

john_s Is it possible this fissure formed when Opportunit... Aug 12 2011, 12:03 AM

Matt Lenda QUOTE (john_s @ Aug 11 2011, 04:03 PM) Is... Aug 12 2011, 01:46 AM

Bill Harris QUOTE (john_s)Is it possible this fissure formed w... Aug 12 2011, 04:41 AM

serpens From hazcam the left hand wheel ran over the edge ... Aug 12 2011, 07:34 AM

Bill Harris > Edit: Apologies. Magnification shows... Not ... Aug 12 2011, 02:51 PM

neo56 Some pancam images from sol 2663 have been release... Aug 16 2011, 12:52 PM

Stu Some more old images came back. Here's a rathe... Sep 13 2011, 01:10 AM

MarkG QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 12 2011, 05:10 PM) Some ... Sep 14 2011, 01:45 AM

Bill Harris Last month when data started down the pipline from... Sep 14 2011, 09:19 PM

Zeke4ther QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Sep 14 2011, 05:19 P... Sep 14 2011, 11:45 PM

monty python Really breathtaking picture. thanks! Feb 8 2012, 07:28 AM

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