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May 6 2006, 02:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre.../20060505a.html
More updates, and...yes...JPL's very own stretched Victoria, courtesy of Tim Parker. Giddyup, boys! NASA's catching up with us. What can you image gurus do to stay ahead of them? -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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May 6 2006, 02:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
Oppy has entered into the second radiated wave of outcrop from Victoria Crater, see the below map.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre...-A810R1_br2.jpg That JPL's map has shown two interesting and updated measurements: Victoria Crater: 730 meters diameter and small and bright mini-crater: 35 meter diameter. Rodolfo |
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May 6 2006, 04:35 AM
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May 6 2006, 07:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
It's nice to see this coincidence between the actual route and my guess path. And speaking of future paths, I'm pretty much convinced the rover will follow that hypotetical route towards the small outcrop south of the current position (it can be seen right at the center of sol 810 "drive-direction" pancam mosaic) and then to the bigger one at SSE near the bottom side of the route map. At/after that point we should have a glimpse of the rover drivers' intentions; a) follow the "cyan" line towards "Corner Crater" (I must include that name on the map...) and approach VC by the NW or b ) try an eastern detour taking advantage of the rocky terrain then SSE again and approach VC by the north.
Frankly, I'm still with option a); I think they won't miss the opportunity to have a look on Corner Crater. |
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May 6 2006, 08:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
A nice nod in there to Philip Stooke. QUOTE http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre.../20060505a.html "This vertical stretch technique was first applied to Viking Lander 2 panoramas by Philip Stooke, of the University of Western Ontario, Canada, to help locate the lander with respect to orbiter images. " |
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May 6 2006, 08:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
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May 6 2006, 11:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2997 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Ah, I see that the JPL kids are catching up with us.
But seriously, it's great to see that either they are following what we have been doing here, or this has been a case of parallel development. Phil deserves his nods-- the first time I saw his vertical exaggeration technique I thought that it was absolutely brilliant. After a year of using it, I still think it's rather neat. I'll agree with Tesheiner on the route to Victoria: Oppy will use the outcrops as stepping stones and likely head towards Corner Crater, which will be a great close-in preview of shallow subsurface conditions, even though the look will be of the ejecta jumble. And don't forget, Oppy will be passing near that large Anatolia feature, so we need to stop for a peek. This is a wonderful example of a team effort spanning the globe. --Bill -------------------- |
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May 7 2006, 06:36 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
It's nice to know I'm appreciated... now if my kids would do the same!
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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May 7 2006, 09:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 547 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 |
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre.../20060505a.html More updates, and...yes...JPL's very own stretched Victoria, courtesy of Tim Parker. Giddyup, boys! NASA's catching up with us. What can you image gurus do to stay ahead of them? Yes we need to get going! But are we all boys? |
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May 8 2006, 02:01 PM
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Is there a clean (without roadmap or directions) version of THIS fantastic image of Victoria Crater?
-------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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May 8 2006, 02:15 PM
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--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toma B @ May 8 2006, 06:01 AM) </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
Is there a clean (without roadmap or directions) version of THIS fantastic image of Victoria Crater? [/quote] That's a darn good question. While I've been too busy lately to go looking I would assume the fine folks around here have already found the highest res photos of Victoria and her surroundings available (only MGS comes to mind for now with this quality). Maybe Mike Caplinger can answer? Where did this come from? Are higher res products available to NASA, JPL, et. al. internally? Is this part of some as-yet unreleased cPROTO effort? -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 8 2006, 02:37 PM
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There may have been a cproto image taken since the last MGS MOC data release - it's an astonishingly good image!
Doug |
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May 8 2006, 02:42 PM
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I asked about an un-annotated version this new image of Victoria in another thread and didn't get a nibble and I've looked at JPL/MGS/MOC/MSSS for it and haven't had any luck finding it. This image would be a great planning resource for us.
--Bill -------------------- |
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May 8 2006, 02:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Subotica Member No.: 384 |
I know this is somewhat of the topic but if I understand things correctly...
When MRO becomes operational in autumn this year, we should see 2x the resolution of this VC image in color...?!?!? Or am I wrong? -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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May 8 2006, 02:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
There may have been a cproto image taken since the last MGS MOC data release - it's an astonishingly good image! Doug Paging Mr Caplinger. Mr. Caplinger please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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