To the Cape! (part 2), For real this time! |
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To the Cape! (part 2), For real this time! |
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 Jul 16 2008, 06:34 PM
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On your excellent route map, Tesheiner, it seems quite clear which area they should steer clear of, namely the down-flow of loose sand which even has some ripples in it. It seems there's a bridge across that down-flow a good deal further down, just off the large boulder that has come off the cliff. There, you can quite clearly see "stepping stones" across the down-flow, which might suggest that going close to the cliff and then along the face would lead to a position further down where they can move away from the face again.
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Jul 16 2008, 08:54 PM
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Mike,
WOW - You rock! Cheating never looked so good! (you guys with the hyper image skills, just kill me) Cheers -------------------- CLA CLL
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Jul 16 2008, 09:07 PM
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-------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jul 18 2008, 08:46 AM
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This looks odd:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...BHP1392R0M1.JPG |
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Jul 18 2008, 08:54 AM
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Steering to the right, fully, with a big of dig-in.
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Jul 18 2008, 05:03 PM
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I'm really loving the shadow in this rear hazcam:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...BKP1314R0M2.JPG Nice outline of the arrays, PMA, Low gain, High gain, and is that the sundial mast in there as well. -------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Jul 18 2008, 05:15 PM
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Probably the UHF antenna, and a pyro-bolt. I think the gnenom, errm, gnomen, err, sundial stalk bit would be behind the HGA shadow.
VERY cool picture  Doug |
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Jul 18 2008, 05:35 PM
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I reckon it is the sundial, compare to this navcam taken at an earlier time of sol. The shadows are shorter (the low gain and PMA shadows fall on the deck) and the sundial shadow falls right to the edge of the deck even at this time. The position, particularly relative to the pyro-bolt and the array outline matches too.
-------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Jul 18 2008, 07:40 PM
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Nope - I think you're right.
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Jul 19 2008, 02:34 PM
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Jul 21 2008, 06:29 AM
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Today, sol 1596, Opportunity continued its efforts to drive up to the wall of Cape Verde.
But this time, differently from previous days when the rear wheels were digging in the sand, specially the right one (left on the images), we can see they are back on "solid" ground. Reason is (I guess) because the rover moved back down slope and not uphill. I hope this is just a sort of "tactical manouver".
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Jul 21 2008, 07:07 AM
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They finaly read my previous post
 : http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=118402
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Jul 21 2008, 07:08 AM
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From the front hazcam looks more like a turn in place to the left.
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Jul 22 2008, 12:42 PM
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Color anaglyph of the nice rocks on the ground
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Jul 23 2008, 08:21 AM
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Another turn in place to the left today. Seems that they may be orientating for a drive up slope and possibly out of the crater?
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