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Posted by: mars loon Oct 8 2007, 11:08 PM

Opportunity at the Bright Band on Sol 1307: 8 October 2007 in Aviation Week & Space Technology

Today we have published a new Opportunity image from Sol 1307 at the bright band inside Victoria Crater. Prepared and accepted as another last second contribution , for the 8 October 2007 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine with the headline "Victorian Image". see pdf file below and attached image.

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here is first few paragraphs from online site:

World News & Analysis

Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity Explore New Sites
Aviation Week & Space Technology
10/08/2007, page 39

Craig Covault
Cape Canaveral

Printed headline: Victorian Image

The Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, now 44 months into what were to have been just three-month missions, are beginning to explore terrain features strikingly different from their already diverse discoveries on Mars, now 87 million mi. from Earth.
Opportunity has descended several dozen feet onto about a 25-deg. sloping side wall of the 230-ft.-deep Victoria Crater to a bright band of unusually smooth white rock. Note Opportunity’s false-color view, looking up toward the rim from inside the crater, of Victoria’s distant promontory formations near the shoulder joint of Opportunity’s arm (see photo). This monochromatic forward hazard camera image has been colorized by analysts Ken Kremer and Marco Di Lorenzo using generic Cornell Pancam hues.
The white layer extends around the full interior of Victoria, like a bathtub ring. Geologists believe it is the original Martian surface layer before the spot was blasted by a meteorite over a billion years ago. As such, it could reveal atmospheric conditions on the surface during the time the meteorite struck, as well as both ground and surface water conditions at that time. Every sampling system on the rover is being used on the layer.
After working for several days at this location, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory controllers will move the rover several feet, then repeat the process to obtain data at other positions and depths within the 2,500-ft.-dia. crater.

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for your enjoyment.

Ken (mars loon) and Marco (dilo)


Posted by: alan Oct 9 2007, 12:34 AM

Shortened title.

Posted by: stevesliva Oct 9 2007, 12:51 AM

Beautiful!

If you guys aren't getting more material compensation, how about snagging me a free subscription for the next one? wink.gif

I like AWST's friendly copy as well. 44-months into a 3-month mission indeed!

Posted by: dilo Oct 9 2007, 05:25 AM

I would like to add this couple of colorized images, made for AWST too but no published.


Posted by: PhilCo126 Oct 10 2007, 07:06 PM

Superb work... dust on the lens ohmy.gif pancam.gif

Posted by: ustrax Oct 10 2007, 07:51 PM

Marco & Ken...
You have done it...again! smile.gif
Amazing work...

Posted by: PhilCo126 Oct 25 2007, 07:25 PM

Hopefully there's more to be published. High resolution photos, panoramas and mosaics are rare indeed.
My reference is:
http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/pancam_instrument/mosaics.html
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Posted by: PhilCo126 Dec 1 2007, 04:05 PM

It's 100% officially confirmed, BIS monthly magazine "Spaceflight" will have another UMSF MER-related cover for its January 2008 issue cool.gif
Of course this wouldn't have been possible without UMSF.com and Ken Kremer, Marco Di Lorenzo... I also have to thank Doug Ellison, James Canvin, Eduardo Tesheiner, Bernhard Braun for their help in getting good color photos for my 6th article on the MER operations on Mars pancam.gif

The magazine will be on newsstands medio December 2007 smile.gif
Philip

Posted by: dilo Dec 2 2007, 01:11 PM

You welcome, Philip!
Thanks to all UMSF team.

Posted by: nprev Dec 2 2007, 01:22 PM

Congrats as well, Phil!!!

You imagesmiths are just plain awesome; never been around such talented people before, thanks for letting me hang out here with you! smile.gif

Posted by: PhilCo126 Dec 8 2007, 01:46 PM

Well, with the lack of good color photos & panoramas on the NASA website, the article couldn't be adequate documented without the UMSF color photos. For those who don't have the issue at a local newsstand, it can be ordered via:
http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.aspx/page/184/id/1649/l/en-us

Once more "Thank You very much" to everyone involved smile.gif

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