Investigating The Heatshield |
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Investigating The Heatshield |
 Jan 7 2005, 10:31 PM
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Oppy approached the main part of the heatshield. Good view of one of the springs:
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Jan 8 2005, 12:07 AM
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Oppy's playing in the trash:
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Jan 8 2005, 07:15 AM
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Opportunity is perplexed.. from whence did it come? Is this a clue, or is this just more amazingly detailed debris? Perhaps if it lingers long enough, it can figure something out..
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Jan 8 2005, 07:19 AM
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Here's a mosaic of 5 frames (its interesting that they shot every one twice, with different exposures...these are the ones with the least blooming) of what will no doubt be a much larger mosaic, hopefully in living color soon enough:
http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/collections/oppsol339L7.jpg |
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Jan 8 2005, 12:37 PM
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That two-shot technique is analagous to taking multiple exposures on earth to simulate HDRI imagery I guess.
Doug |
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Jan 8 2005, 11:25 PM
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Wonderful!
Take a look in the left center on the rim of the heatshield... you can see a loose piece of insulation flapping in the wind. http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...C2P2368L7M1.JPG They do seem to alternating between R1 and L7 exposures, I guess they're building stereo pairs. --Bill -------------------- |
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Jan 9 2005, 09:00 AM
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Thanks. Here are the links to the two pictures. Must be the wind ( unless Oppy touched the heatshield with the arm before taking the second picture ) :
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...C2P2368L7M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...C2P2368L7M1.JPG |
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Jan 9 2005, 11:45 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
LOL - one even has motion blur
 How long before the cooks show this as evidence of martian gremlins wandering around  I'm amazed that they've driven so close to this piece - as there is a large ( several feet across ) 'flap' of insulation that has peeled away from this area and looks to be folded around to the left. It could quite easily fold itself back again  Keep an eye out for the self portrait - i.e. reflections of Opportunity in the foil Doug |
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Jan 9 2005, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 9 2005, 11:45 AM) LOL - one even has motion blur Hmmm. The thingies on the left in this picture. Motion blur too? They look a bit fuzzy. Especially the large thingie on that 'peak'.
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Jan 9 2005, 01:26 PM
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Another view of that 'peak'. Is it really motion blur, just fibers, or both?
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Jan 9 2005, 02:37 PM
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This is fascinating, to see the effects of the Martian wind first hand. Last week we the stacked GIF animations of parts moving and the insulation blanket rippling and now close-up we see parts moving quickly. I guess there _ought_ to be concern about the loose insulation blanket whipping around. Winds from thermals (dustdevils) can come from any direction at any speed.
I guess this is proof of the Ghosts of Mars...  --Bill -------------------- |
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Jan 9 2005, 10:18 PM
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Also interesting to note in the pictures that ObsessedwithWorlds referenced (in his Jan 9 09:00 post) that you can see one of the separation springs still attached, under the curled-over piece. I guess that explains why we couldn't count all of them lying around on the soil.
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Jan 9 2005, 11:20 PM
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Hey we finally have a fairly closeup look at the rock near the heatshield debris
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Jan 9 2005, 11:41 PM
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That's one weird looking rock!
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Jan 10 2005, 12:13 AM
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Meteorite?
Tektite? Bounce #2? Lump of ejecta from Endurance? Big piece of cheese? Place your bets now! |
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