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Distant Vistas 2 - The view from Cape Tribulation
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post Jan 13 2015, 11:11 PM
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post Jan 15 2015, 04:01 AM
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QUOTE (serpens @ Jan 10 2015, 01:56 AM) *
Emily did a blog entry on MOLA tracks back in August 2010 and Conception is recorded as having an elevation of -1372m relative to Mars datum. Cape Tribulation has an elevation of -1380m so at the top of the mound near Conception Opportunity was a smidgeon higher than she is now.

Remember that the MOLA samples are quite sparse. Emily's post shows that there are only a few samples very close to Oppy's route. (See also this post.) So we can't be very sure what the highest elevation we reached was. Given the uncertainty about our current elevation, I think we can only say that we're within 20 m or so of our highest point.

From this official DTM elevation map you can only crudely read our elevation, but you might be able to get something more quantitative from some of the other images there.

Pgrindrod did some elevation maps a while back; this one gives a good overall view of how we dropped from Victoria and then climbed back up.
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post Jan 15 2015, 10:00 AM
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Just to be absolutely sure I emailed Larry Crumpler and he confirmed that -1380 figure for the summit.
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post Jan 15 2015, 10:34 AM
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Thanks a lot ngunn.
Please, tell me if I'm wrong, but I recorded that the altitude of Opportunity's landing site is -1387m.
It means that with the -1380m figure we are now just sitting slightly above the landing site, knowing that we have travelled down a slope to reach Endeavour crater... smile.gif
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post Jan 15 2015, 06:14 PM
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A local contour map from the HiRISE DTM fredk linked to. Values look good to me!

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And a context map too.

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post Jan 15 2015, 06:30 PM
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Here's another PanCam view of the distant hill in a somewhat South-West direction. This time with 2x Phil-o-vision:
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post Jan 15 2015, 07:39 PM
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Yes and the latest NAVCAM of your hill (dead centre here) shows another smaller but clearer feature about 15 degrees farther to the right plus a possible faint hint of the Miyamoto rim extending between the two.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...GKP0704L0M1.JPG

And thanks pgrindrod for those excellent, very readable contour maps. They're exactly what we need and I'm delighted you're still with us on this forum.
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post Jan 15 2015, 11:52 PM
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A Request: Can we please have some 'mystery men' stationed along the rim southward?
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post Jan 16 2015, 09:46 AM
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Here is a great boon for distant horizon watchers. smile.gif Larry Crumpler's latest field report for 15th Jan includes a navcam panorama with an azimuth scale. The central image in the panorama is the one I linked to two posts up. This should nail the IDs of the horizon features.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j....83829542,d.d24

EDIT: Apologies for the messy link. Maybe someone can replace it with a better one?

My first rough estimates for the azimuths: charborob's hill 197, possible Miyamoto rim 205, smaller closer (around 32km) hill 210. James Canvin will tell us whether this makes any sense I'm sure.
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post Jan 16 2015, 03:38 PM
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The Navcam view on Sol 3900.

Jan van Driel

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post Jan 16 2015, 03:56 PM
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and the view on Sol 3902.

Jan van Driel

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post Jan 16 2015, 04:11 PM
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QUOTE (jvandriel @ Jan 16 2015, 04:56 PM) *
and the view on Sol 3902. Jan van Driel

Thanks a lot jvandriel smile.gif The view is one of the most beautiful ever seen on Mars !
I'd love so much roving for miles, and miles and miles on the Endeavour crater rim crest... rolleyes.gif

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post Jan 17 2015, 04:35 AM
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The Summit of Cape Tribulation! pancam.gif smile.gif



Gigapan:
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/167859
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post Jan 17 2015, 05:59 AM
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Thank you James, just ... WOW!


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post Jan 17 2015, 09:13 PM
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QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Jan 17 2015, 05:35 AM) *
The Summit of Cape Tribulation! pancam.gif smile.gif

Thank you so much James : what a nice work !
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